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The Kansas primary elections are Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Poll Close: 8 and 9 p.m. EDT (7 and 8 p.m. CDT); four MDT counties - Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman and Wallace - have the later poll close time
First Results Expected: 8:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. CDT)
MONDAY, AUG. 6, UPDATE:
(asterisk)The Montgomery County precinct total has been corrected to 61 instead of 62 in statewide races and U.S. House 2, also making the statewide precinct total 3,539 instead of 3,540. This change will be reflected in zero tests Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon.
THURSDAY, AUG. 2, UPDATES:
(asterisk)CORRECTS Updated testing schedule with special test scheduled for Friday, Aug. 3, from 3-4 p.m. EDT (2-3 p.m. CDT).
(asterisk)Updates testing information with precincts being final from the secretary of state, starting with Friday’s special test.
(asterisk)Updates anomalies with four MDT counties’ polls closing at 9 p.m. EDT (8 p.m. CDT).
(asterisk)Updates anomalies with GOP House District 4 including candidates incumbent Rep. Ron Estes and challenger Ron Estes.
ELECTION PROFILE
The AP is tabulating 54 Kansas primary elections, including: Democratic/Republican governor; GOP secretary of state; GOP insurance commissioner; Dem U.S. House 3 and 4; GOP U.S. House 1, 2, 3 and 4; 44 Dem/GOP state House races; GOP Board of Education 3 and 7.
Gov. Jeff Colyer, seeking his first full term since succeeding former Gov. Sam Brownback in January, faces six challengers in the Republican primary. Among them are Secretary of State Kris Kobach, state Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer and former state Sen. Jim Barnett.
Five candidates are vying for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination: State Sen. Laura Kelly; former state Secretary of Agriculture Joshua Svaty; former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer; physician Arden Anderson; and high school student Jack Bergeson.
In U.S. House 2, Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins is not seeking re-election. Seven candidates, including five former and current state legislators, are running for the GOP nomination: State Sens. Caryn Tyson, Steve Fitzgerald and Dennis Pyle; state Rep. Kevin Jones; and former state House Speaker Doug Mays. Former state House Minority Leader Paul Davis is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Six Democrats are running to challenge unopposed GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder in District 3 in November: Businessman Jay Sidie, who won the 2016 Democratic primary but lost to Yoder in the general election; lawyer and economic adviser Sharice Davids; labor lawyer Brent Welder; non-profit executive Mike McCamon; teacher Tom Niermann; and retired bank manager Sylvia Williams.
ANOMALIES
Four western Kansas (Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman and Wallace) counties are in the Mountain Time Zone, with polls closing at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT).
In GOP U.S. House District 4, incumbent Rep. Ron Estes is running against Ron Estes. Candidates are listed as Rep. Ron Estes (i) and Ron Estes.
CONTACTS - ELECTION REPORTS
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Documentation for the AP Elections services is available at http://aphelp.ap.org.
Direct questions about news coverage to news editor Julie Wright at (800) 852-4844; jwright@ap.org.
Direct questions about photo coverage to regional photo editor Kii Sato at (312) 920-3631; ksato@ap.org.
CONTACTS - SERVICE CHANGES
Members and customers interested in premium election services should contact sales planning manager Tara Mahoney at (212) 621-1759; tmahoney@ap.org.
TESTING INFORMATION
Testing Dates and Times:
SPECIAL ELECTION TEST Aug. 3 (Friday) - 3-4 p.m. EDT (2-3 p.m. CDT)
Aug. 6 (Monday) - 3-4 p.m. EDT (2-3 p.m. CDT)
LAST ELECTION TEST - NO WINNERS WILL BE CALLED.
This advisory will be updated throughout the testing period.
Reports with zero votes will be transmitted after testing on the eve of the election, Monday, Aug. 6.
Race calls: The AP will make race calls on election night, unless a race is too close to call. Race calls will be made during testing, except on the day of the final test, Monday, Aug. 6.
Races and candidates are final with the start of testing, beginning Monday, July 23.
Statewide and race-specific precinct totals are FINAL from the secretary of state, starting with the special election test Aug. 3 (Friday).
Uncontested races: There are 518 uncontested primaries. Uncontested races will NOT be tabulated. The uncontested list will be sent during each test, except the last day of testing. A list of races, KS-Uncontested, will move after the last polls close election night to premium service subscribers at ftp://electionsonline.ap.org/KS/anpa and to state news and broadcast services.
Winners: AP will move a list of unofficial winners at the end of tabulation and during each test, except on the final day of testing. A list of winners, KS-Winners, will move for premium services at ftp://electionsonline.ap.org/KS/anpa and to state news and broadcast services.
End of tabulation: AP will advise when its election night tabulation of results has concluded, generally before 6 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. CDT) the day after the election.
TESTING BASICS
Test results are created electronically to test the accuracy of the election night reporting system and do not reflect an expectation of election results. They should not be broadcast, published, replicated or posted on websites.
It is vital to read daily advisories during the testing period. Advisories move to news service advisory queues. Advisories note updates to candidates, races and precinct, along with the date when the updates will appear. Changes may be made up to Election Day.
AP advises capture of each test during the testing period, particularly during the final test on the day before the election to ensure readiness to take results on Election Day.
Report frequency during testing may not reflect the actual election night schedule (see below). For example, county reports that may be scheduled only once for the night for a service will move at least once for each test.
SEARCH CRITERIA FOR ELECTION TESTING ADVISORIES:
AP NEWSROOM:
Single State Search: geography:”Kansas” AND category:v AND slug:”Election Testing”
ELECTION DAY INFORMATION
Premium Election Customers:
Premium Election Products (API, APEO-FTP, ANPA-FTP, DNE Elections) will have live zeros by 2 a.m. EDT (1 a.m. CDT) Election Day.
AP Newsroom & Webfeeds Users:
From 1-2 p.m. EDT (noon-1 p.m CDT) on Election Day, there will be a live transmission of reports with zero votes to AP Newsroom and Webfeeds.
Please capture these live reports with zero votes to clear your systems of any test data.
DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS IN SLUGS
“TopRaces-Glance-Sum” contains racewide results in summary format for one or more contests AP considers editorially significant.
“StateWid-Glance-Sum” contains racewide results in summary format for statewide races not included in TopRaces-Glance-Sum.
“BdEd-Glance-Sum” contains racewide results in summary format for contested Board of Education races.
“Contested” contains summary results for contested races in each legislative body by party.
“Cnty” provides results in tabular format by county for a race.
“CntyLong” provides results in summary format by county for a race.
“Winners” lists winners of all contested races.
ELECTION NIGHT STATE SLUGS BY SERVICE / ELECTION NIGHT REPORT SCHEDULE
Here are the slugs for the reports AP will provide and approximate times they will move for each service on election night:
Premium Elections Results via Digital Feeds (API, APEO-FTP, ANPA-FTP, DNE Elections): Results are updated every three minutes for API/DNE and four to five minutes for APEO-FTP and ANPA-FTP.
KS-TopRaces-Glance-Sum
KS-StateWid-Glance-Sum
KS-Dem-House-Contested
KS-GOP-House-Contested
KS-Dem-StHou-Contested
KS-GOP-StHou-Contested
KS-BdEd-Glance-Sum
KS-Dem-Gov-Cnty
KS-GOP-Gov-Cnty
KS-GOP-SecSt-Cnty
KS-GOP-InsCom-Cnty
KS-GOP-House-1-Cnty
KS-GOP-House-2-Cnty
KS-Dem-House-3-Cnty
KS-GOP-House-3-Cnty
KS-Dem-House-4-Cnty
KS-GOP-House-4-Cnty
KS-Dem-Gov-CntyLong
KS-GOP-Gov-CntyLong
KS-GOP-SecSt-CntyLong
KS-GOP-InsCom-CntyLong
KS-GOP-House-1-CntyLong
KS-GOP-House-2-CntyLong
KS-Dem-House-3-CntyLong
KS-GOP-House-3-CntyLong
KS-Dem-House-4-CntyLong
KS-GOP-House-4-CntyLong
KS-Uncontested
KS-Winners
Member Choice Basic / Member Choice Plus / Member Choice Complete, includes Webfeeds, AP Newsroom and AP Exchange:
KS-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, twice hourly at :20 and :50
KS-StateWid-Glance-Sum, once hourly at :10
KS-Dem-House-Contested, once hourly at :40
KS-GOP-House-Contested, once hourly at :40
KS-Dem-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45, starting at 1945
KS-GOP-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45, starting at 1945
KS-BdEd-Glance-Sum, once hourly at :45
KS-Dem-Gov-Cnty, odd-numbered hours at :50, starting at 1945
KS-GOP-Gov-Cnty, odd-numbered hours at :50, starting at 1945
KS-GOP-SecSt-Cnty, twice at 2245 and 0045
KS-GOP-InsCom-Cnty, twice at 2245 and 0045
KS-GOP-House-1-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-GOP-House-2-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-Dem-House-3-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-GOP-House-3-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-Dem-House-4-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-GOP-House-4-Cnty, twice at 2230 and 0030
KS-Uncontested
KS-Winners
OpenWire / NewsPower / Newspower Max, includes Webfeeds, AP Newsroom and AP Exchange:
KS-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, twice hourly at :20 and :50
KS-StateWid-Glance-Sum, once hourly at :10
KS-Dem-House-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40, starting at 2040
KS-GOP-House-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40, starting at 2040
KS-Dem-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45, starting at 1945
KS-GOP-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45, starting at 1945
KS-BdEd-Glance-Sum, twice at 2145 and 0045
KS-Uncontested
KS-Winners
Headlines, includes Webfeeds, AP Newsroom and AP Exchange:
KS-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, once hourly at :50
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