Lynnette Krieger-Zook

Lynnette Krieger-Zook is the Democratic candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives, District 104, in the November 3, 2026 general election, facing Republican Randy Parks; she is a retired educator from Hutchinson.[1][2][3] In a Ballotpedia survey, she named public school funding, health care including Medicaid expansion, and fair taxes and affordable housing as her priorities.[2]

Lynnette Krieger-Zook was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Barclay College in 1979 and a graduate degree from Friends University in 1991, according to Ballotpedia.[1] In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, she said she has more than 40 years of educational experience as a day care director in Wichita and a licensed special education teacher in Mulvane and Hutchinson.[2] She said she is retired, has long worked for USD 308, still serves as a substitute teacher, and is president of the Hutchinson NEA.[2]

Krieger-Zook also advanced from the 2024 Democratic primary for District 104, where Republican incumbent Paul Waggoner advanced from his primary, and she advanced from the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary for the open seat.[1] In the survey, she said she decided to run because her representative did not consistently respond to voters, and she cited her service as board president of an independent school and as a local teachers' union president.[2] She said she supports fully funding public schools, expanding Medicaid, and leaving women's health decisions between a woman and her physician.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.