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1926 United States Senate election in Kansas

The 1926 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator Charles Curtis ran for re-election to his third consecutive term and his fourth term overall. In the Republican primary, he defeated Nick Chiles, who was the editor of the Topeka Plaindealer and the first black U.S. Senate candidates following the adoption of the direct election of U.S. senators pursuant to the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In the general election, Curtis faced Democratic Party nominee Charles Stephens, who was an attorney. Curtis overwhelmingly defeated Stephens to win re-election. Two years into Curtis's term, he was nominated at the 1928 Republican National Convention as presidential nominee Herbert Hoover's running mate, and, following his election as Vice President, a special election would be held in 1930 to fill out the remaining four years in his term.

Charles Stephens, Columbus attorney
George McGill, former Sedgwick County Attorney

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	28,823	53.20%
	Democratic	25,360	46.80%
54,183	100.00%

Charles Curtis, incumbent U.S. senator
Nick Chiles, editor of the Topeka Plaindealer

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	185,964	85.61%
	Republican	31,253	14.39%
217,217	100.00%

M. L. Phillips, McDonald farmer

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	160	100.00%
160	100.00%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	308,222	63.57%	−0.45%
	Democratic	168,446	34.74%	+1.38%
	Socialist	8,208	1.69%	−0.93%
	Write-in	2	0.00%	—
139,776	28.83%	−1.83%
484,878	100.00%

1926 United States Senate elections

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