Kansas House of Representatives District 74 in Kansas State House District 74, Kansas

2026 Primary Election

• Craig Andres — Communications Specialist in Wichita, KS

  Craig Andres is an award-winning communications and marketing professional with extensive experience in media and public relations. Based in Wichita, Kansas, he has served as a Communications Specialist at KSNW-TV since 2009. His career includes roles as a reporting specialist for KCTV/KSMO, an anchor and reporter for KOAM-TV, and a marketing associate for Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Andres also developed marketing strategies for clean energy initiatives as Director of Communications for Clean Power Revolution. He emphasizes pushing the right message rather than the most convenient. Andres holds a Regional Emmy and a Kansas Association of Broadcasters award. He is running as a Republican for the Kansas House of Representatives in District 74 in the 2026 primary election.

• Mike King — Incumbent Kansas House of Representatives - District 74 in Topeka, KS

  Mike King is an incumbent Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 74, having assumed office in January 2025. He is seeking re-election in the Republican primary on August 4, 2026. Prior to his legislative service, King held the position of Kansas Secretary of Transportation from 2012 to 2016. His professional background includes over two decades as the owner of King Enterprise Group, a central Kansas construction company. He is an alumnus of John Brown University, where he earned a degree in building construction in 1981, and is originally from Hesston, Kansas. He continues to serve the state, recently involved in proposing constitutional amendments.