99chambers

Horizon · our Election Day forecast: polls, plus fundamentals like incumbency, fundraising and past results.

Pulse · polls only: where the races stand today, with no fundamentals and wider uncertainty.

What's the difference?

Kansas · Kansas House District 56 · Updated Oct 16, 2026

Virgil Weigel

DemocraticIncumbent

2026 race · Kansas House District 56

99% chance of winning · race rated Solid D

99%1%

93% chance of winning · race rated Likely D

93%7%
● Virgil WeigelINC● Elvin Fajardo
Full race forecast

Background

Current office
Kansas House of Representatives, HD-56
Past races on file
8 (7 won)

Links: Candidate list (source)

Electoral history

Earlier races in Kansas, newest first, matched by name in the results archive.

  1. 2024

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 5, 2024

    D · 54.6% · 5,925 votes

    Won
  2. 2022

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 8, 2022

    D · 100.0% · 6,349 votes

    Won
  3. 2020

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 3, 2020

    D · 51.2% · 5,661 votes

    Won
  4. 2018

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 6, 2018

    D · 55.4% · 5,045 votes

    Won
  5. 2016

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 8, 2016

    D · 51.9% · 5,141 votes

    Won
  6. 2014

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 4, 2014

    D · 49.7% · 3,938 votes

    Lost
  7. 2014

    House of Representatives · HD-56 primary · Aug 5, 2014

    D · 100.0% · 827 votes

    Won
  8. 2012

    House of Representatives · HD-56 Nov 6, 2012

    D · 51.9% · 4,989 votes

    Won

Opponents in 2026