Kansas's 37th Senate district

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Kansas's 37th
State Senate district
Kansas Senate District 37 (2010).png
Senator
  Molly Baumgardner
R–Louisburg
Demographics85% White
2% Black
4% Hispanic
5% Asian
1% Native American
2% Other
Population (2018)79,728[1]

Kansas's 37th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Molly Baumgardner since a 2014 special election to replace fellow Republican Pat Apple.[2]

Geography[]

District 37 covers in southern Johnson County and northern Miami County in the outskirts of the Kansas City suburbs, including Paola, Spring Hill, Louisburg, Edgerton, and the southern reaches of Gardner, Olathe, and Overland Park.[3]

The district overlaps with Kansas's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 5th, 6th, 8th, 26th, 27th, 43rd, 48th, and 78th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Missouri.[1]

Recent election results[]

2020[]

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Molly Baumgardner (incumbent) 30,758 65.3
Democratic Becca Peck 16,319 34.7
Total votes 47,077 100
Republican hold

2016[]

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Molly Baumgardner (incumbent) 24,965 68.1
Democratic Kevin King 11,709 31.9
Total votes 36,674 100
Republican hold

2014 special[]

2014 Kansas Senate special election, District 37[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Molly Baumgardner 4,042 59.9
Republican Charlotte O'Hara 2,702 40.1
Total votes 6,744 100
General election
Republican Molly Baumgardner 19,461 100
Total votes 19,461 100
Republican hold

2012[]

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 37[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Apple (incumbent) 4,751 64.6
Republican Charlotte O'Hara 2,165 29.4
Republican Daniel Campbell 441 6.0
Total votes 7,357 100
General election
Republican Pat Apple (incumbent) 27,888 100
Total votes 27,888 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 37[]

Year Office Results[6]
2018 Governor Kobach 50.8 – 41.4%
2016 President Trump 62.1 – 31.5%
2012 President Romney 68.0 – 30.2%

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 37, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Molly Baumgardner". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 37" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Kansas State Senate District 37". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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