Result
Sen. Silas Miller (D-Wichita) won a special election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to keep the Kansas Senate District 25 seat he was appointed to in December 2025. Miller beat Republican Christopher Parisho 12,341 votes (67.6%) to 5,928 (32.4%), a margin of 6,413 votes, according to KWCH’s election results.
The special election fills the last two years of former Sen. Mary Ware’s term. Ware, a Wichita Democrat, resigned in November 2025, and Democratic precinct committee members chose Miller to replace her, the Kansas Reflector reported.
Candidates and Platforms
Miller, a Marine Corps veteran who attended Wichita Public Schools, represented Kansas House District 86 from 2023 until his Senate appointment. His campaign website says he is fighting for lower costs, better schools and affordable health care, including targeted tax cuts and fully funded, well-staffed public schools in Wichita.
Parisho, also of Wichita, has run for the Legislature before, losing three races for Kansas House District 95 to Democrat Tom Sawyer in 2020, 2022 and 2024, according to Ballotpedia. Both candidates were unopposed in their Aug. 4 primaries.
District and Chamber
District 25 is a Wichita seat in Sedgwick County. Ware held it from 2019 until her resignation and won reelection in 2024 with 57% of the vote. Kansas senators serve four-year terms, and all 40 seats are next up in 2028, according to the Wichita Public Library’s election guide.
Only two Kansas Senate seats were on this year’s ballot, both in special elections. Neither changed parties, so Republicans keep their 31 to 9 majority, according to MultiState’s Kansas results.
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