Democrat Paul Davis, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives,[4] ran unsuccessfully in the general election with running mate businesswoman Jill Docking.

[5] Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office.

She has endorsed the Democratic nominee, Dennis Anderson, saying that he is more "dedicated to good public policy and [will] not use the office for political gain.

[35] Beverly Gossage, David J. Powell, Ken Selzer, Clark Shultz and John M. Toplikar ran for the Republican nomination.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor won the Democratic primary, but withdrew his candidacy on September 3.