Secretary of State Scott Schwab announces bid for Kansas governor

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab announced he is running for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2026.

Schwab served as Speaker Pro Tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was elected Secretary of State in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. He’s a native of Great Bend who lives with his family in Overland Park.

He served as chairman of the Elections Committee and the Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee and vice chairman of the Taxation Committee and the Commerce and Labor Committee.

“We need to return to the values and principles that have always fueled us, and gave me the strength to lead in Topeka,” Schwab said. “I have a proven conservative record. And a servant’s heart. It’s important for Kansas to take the right path.”