Biography
Jennifer Day is the Democratic nominee for Kansas Secretary of State. An Overland Park real estate investor and interior designer, she served in the Kansas House in 2020–2021 and has been an election worker in Johnson County since 2018.[1][2][3]
Day has lived in Overland Park for 25 years. She worked in support positions for large corporations until 2013 and has since run a real estate investment and interior design business.[2][3]
She became involved in politics as a campaign volunteer and has been a Johnson County election worker in each election since 2018 and a precinct committee person for the county Democratic Party since 2019, with additional county and state party leadership roles since 2021.[2] She has been an active member of the local League of Women Voters and was its vice president from 2023 to 2024.[2][3]
Day was appointed to a vacancy in the Kansas House in 2020 and won election to keep the seat by 62 votes.[3] She resigned in June 2021 after moving out of her House district.[2][3] She defeated Sam Lane in the Democratic primary on August 4, 2026.[1]
- 1.Kansas Secretary of State election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 2.Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses: Jennifer Day, Pat Proctor, Scott Morgan · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026 Candidate's own words
- 3.Kansas secretary of state candidates (Kansas News Service) · Lawrence Times / Kansas News Service · 2026-08-03 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
