2020 Kansas Senate election
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Elections in Kansas |
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The 2020 Kansas Senate election took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Kansas voters elected state senators in all of the state's 40 senate districts.
Retirements[]
Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:
Republicans[]
- District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring
- District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring
Democrats[]
- District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate
- District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring
Incumbents defeated[]
In primary elections[]
Republicans[]
Seven Republicans lost renomination.
- District 11: John Skubal lost renomination to Kellie Warren.
- District 14: Bruce Givens lost renomination to Michael Fagg.
- District 15: Dan Goddard lost renomination to Virgil Peck Jr..
- District 20: Eric Rucker lost renomination to Brenda Dietrich.
- District 24: Randall Hardy lost renomination to J. R. Claeys.
- District 33: Mary Jo Taylor lost renomination to Alicia Straub.
- District 34: Ed Berger lost renomination to Mark Steffen.
In the general election[]
Republican[]
- District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.
Democratic[]
- District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.
Predictions[]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[1] | Likely R | October 21, 2020 |
Results summary[]
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Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||||||
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No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | ||||||||
Republican | 39 | 817,169 | 63.11% | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | ![]() | ||||||
Democratic | 30 | 477,582 | 36.89% | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ![]() | ||||||
Total | 1,294,751 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ![]() | |||||||
Source:[2][3] |
Close races[]
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 22, 1.2%
- District 3, 2.04%
- District 19, 2.42% (flip)
- District 10, 3.72%
- District 30, 4.22%
- District 9, 4.52%
- District 11, 5.36%
- District 5, 6.04% (flip)
- District 23, 6.22%
- District 28, 8.1%
- District 8, 8.72% (flip)
- District 25, 9.18%
- District 21, 9.58%
Summary of results by State Senate District[]
State Senate District[4] | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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Kansas 1 | Dennis Pyle | Rep | Dennis Pyle | Rep | ||
Kansas 2 | Marci Francisco | Dem | Marci Francisco | Dem | ||
Kansas 3 | Tom Holland | Dem | Tom Holland | Dem | ||
Kansas 4 | David Haley | Dem | David Haley | Dem | ||
Kansas 5 | Kevin Braun | Rep | Jeff Pittman | Dem | ||
Kansas 6 | Pat Pettey | Dem | Pat Pettey | Dem | ||
Kansas 7 | Barbara Bollier | Dem | Ethan Corson | Dem | ||
Kansas 8 | Jim Denning | Rep | Cindy Holscher | Dem | ||
Kansas 9 | Julia Lynn | Rep | Beverly Gossage | Rep | ||
Kansas 10 | Mike Thompson | Rep | Mike Thompson | Rep | ||
Kansas 11 | John Skubal* | Rep | Kellie Warren | Rep | ||
Kansas 12 | Caryn Tyson | Rep | Caryn Tyson | Rep | ||
Kansas 13 | Richard Hilderbrand | Rep | Richard Hilderbrand | Rep | ||
Kansas 14 | Bruce Givens* | Rep | Michael Fagg | Rep | ||
Kansas 15 | Dan Goddard* | Rep | Virgil Peck Jr. | Rep | ||
Kansas 16 | Ty Masterson | Rep | Ty Masterson | Rep | ||
Kansas 17 | Jeff Longbine | Rep | Jeff Longbine | Rep | ||
Kansas 18 | Vic Miller | Dem | Kristen O'Shea | Rep | ||
Kansas 19 | Anthony Hensley | Dem | Rick Kloos | Rep | ||
Kansas 20 | Eric Rucker* | Rep | Brenda Dietrich | Rep | ||
Kansas 21 | Dinah Sykes | Dem | Dinah Sykes | Dem | ||
Kansas 22 | Tom Hawk | Dem | Tom Hawk | Dem | ||
Kansas 23 | Robert S. Olson | Rep | Robert S. Olson | Rep | ||
Kansas 24 | Randall Hardy* | Rep | J. R. Claeys | Rep | ||
Kansas 25 | Mary Ware | Dem | Mary Ware | Dem | ||
Kansas 26 | Dan Kerschen | Rep | Dan Kerschen | Rep | ||
Kansas 27 | Gene Suellentrop | Rep | Gene Suellentrop | Rep | ||
Kansas 28 | Mike Petersen | Rep | Mike Petersen | Rep | ||
Kansas 29 | Oletha Faust-Goudeau | Dem | Oletha Faust-Goudeau | Dem | ||
Kansas 30 | Susan Wagle | Rep | Renee Erickson | Rep | ||
Kansas 31 | Carolyn McGinn | Rep | Carolyn McGinn | Rep | ||
Kansas 32 | Larry Alley | Rep | Larry Alley | Rep | ||
Kansas 33 | Mary Jo Taylor* | Rep | Alicia Straub | Rep | ||
Kansas 34 | Ed Berger* | Rep | Mark Steffen | Rep | ||
Kansas 35 | Rick Wilborn | Rep | Rick Wilborn | Rep | ||
Kansas 36 | Elaine Bowers | Rep | Elaine Bowers | Rep | ||
Kansas 37 | Molly Baumgardner | Rep | Molly Baumgardner | Rep | ||
Kansas 38 | Bud Estes | Rep | Bud Estes | Rep | ||
Kansas 39 | John Doll | Rep | John Doll | Rep | ||
Kansas 40 | Rick Billinger | Rep | Rick Billinger | Rep |
References[]
- ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Kansas Elections Results". Associated Press.
- ^ "2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Kansas State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.
Categories:
- 2020 Kansas elections
- 2020 state legislature elections in the United States
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