2016 Kansas Senate election

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2016 Kansas Senate election
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All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Susan Wagle Anthony Hensley
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 14, 2012January 8, 1996
Leader's seat District 30 District 19
Last election328
Seats after319
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote657,057476,683
Percentage57.56%41.76%
President of the Senate before election

Susan Wagle
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Susan Wagle
Republican

The 2016 Kansas Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Kansas Senate for the following four years in the 87th and 88th Kansas state Legislature. All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate were up for election and the primary was held on August 2, 2016. Prior to the election, 32 seats were held by Republicans and 8 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Democrats flipping a single seat, however Republicans retained their majority in the State Senate. [1]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Likely ROctober 12, 2016

Retirements

Republicans

  1. District 7: Kay Wolf retired.
  2. District 15: Jeff King retired.
  3. District 25: Michael O'Donnell retired.
  4. District 27: Leslie Donovan retired.
  5. District 32: Steve Abrams retired.
  6. District 33: Mitch Holmes retired.
  7. District 38: Garrett Love retired.
  8. District 40: Ralph Ostmeyer retired.

Incumbents defeated

In primary

Republicans

  1. District 11: Jeff Melcher lost renomination to John Skubal.
  2. District 14: Forrest Knox lost renomination to Bruce Givens.
  3. District 21: Greg Smith lost renomination to Dinah Sykes.
  4. District 24: Tom Arpke lost renomination to Randall Hardy.
  5. District 34: Terry Bruce lost renomination to Ed Berger.
  6. District 39: Larry Powell lost renomination to John Doll.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 5, 1.94%
  2. District 10, 2.62%
  3. District 28, 2.92%
  4. District 3, 3.06%
  5. District 18, 3.20%
  6. District 8, 5.56%
  7. District 21, 7.94%
  8. District 7, 8.60%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Pyle (incumbent) 18,283 59.30%
Democratic Jerry Henry 13,07641.70%
Total votes31,359 100.0%
Republican hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marci Francisco (incumbent) 24,147 66.11%
Republican Meredith Richey12,37833.89%
Total votes36,525 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Holland (incumbent) 17,214 51.53%
Republican Echo Van Meteren16,18948.47%
Total votes33,403 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Haley (incumbent) 17,090 100.0%
Total votes17,090 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Fitzgerald (incumbent) 13,336 50.97%
Democratic Bill Hutton12,82849.03%
Total votes26,164 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pat Pettey (incumbent) 12,640 70.80%
Libertarian Jason Conley5,21329.20%
Total votes17,853 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barbara Bollier 22,439 54.30%
Democratic Megan England18,88445.70%
Total votes41,323 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Denning (incumbent) 19,847 52.78%
Democratic Don McGuire17,75847.22%
Total votes37,605 100.0%
Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Julia Lynn (incumbent) 20,574 60.01%
Democratic Chris Morrow13,70839.99%
Total votes34,282 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Pilcher-Cook (incumbent) 18,673 51.31%
Democratic Vicki Hiatt17,72248.69%
Total votes36,395 100.0%
Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Skubal 25,992 65.02%
Democratic Skip Fannen13,98334.98%
Total votes39,975 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Caryn Tyson (incumbent) 18,998 73.31%
Democratic Christopher Johnston6,91826.69%
Total votes25,916 100.0%
Republican hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jake LaTurner (incumbent) 15,737 56.15%
Democratic Lynn Grant12,29143.85%
Total votes28,028 100.0%
Republican hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bruce Givens 20,452 72.64%
Democratic Mark Pringle7,70227.36%
Total votes28,154 100.0%
Republican hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Goddard 15,511 60.89%
Democratic Chuck Schmidt9,96339.11%
Total votes25,474 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ty Masterson (incumbent) 20,980 64.66%
Democratic Gabriel Costilla11,46735.34%
Total votes32,447 100.0%
Republican hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Longbine (incumbent) 13,161 59.00%
Democratic Susan Fowler9,14741.00%
Total votes22,308 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Laura Kelly (incumbent) 15,007 51.60%
Republican Dave Jackson14,07648.40%
Total votes29,083 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Hensley (incumbent) 16,181 57.28%
Republican Zach Haney12,06842.72%
Total votes28,249 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 22,216 65.36%
Democratic Candace Ayars11,77534.64%
Total votes33,991 100.0%
Republican hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dinah Sykes 18,149 50.34%
Democratic Logan Heley15,28742.40%
Libertarian Michael Kerner2,6177.26%
Total votes36,053 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Hawk (incumbent) 20,849 100.0%
Total votes20,849 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert S. Olson (incumbent) 19,277 60.57%
Democratic Spencer Kerfoot12,55139.43%
Total votes31,828 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randall Hardy 16,195 59.06%
Democratic Donald Merriman11,22840.94%
Total votes27,423 100.0%
Republican hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lynn Rogers 11,704 58.49%
Republican Jim Price8,30841.51%
Total votes20,012 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 26

District 26 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Kerschen (incumbent) 20,274 69.47%
Democratic Benjamin Poteete8,91130.53%
Total votes29,185 100.0%
Republican hold

District 27

District 27 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gene Suellentrop 22,252 66.50%
Democratic Tony Hunter11,20933.50%
Total votes33,461 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Petersen (incumbent) 9,915 51.46%
Democratic Keith Humphrey9,35348.54%
Total votes19,268 100.0%
Republican hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Oletha Faust-Goudeau (incumbent) 14,511 100.0%
Total votes14,511 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Susan Wagle (incumbent) 16,636 58.53%
Democratic Anabel Larumbe11,78641.47%
Total votes28,422 100.0%
Republican hold

District 31

District 31 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 23,463 74.51%
Democratic J. Michelle Vann8,02625.49%
Total votes31,489 100.0%
Republican hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Larry Alley 16,221 62.23%
Democratic Don Shimkus9,84437.77%
Total votes26,065 100.0%
Republican hold

District 33

District 33 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Jo Taylor 21,114 76.55%
Democratic Matt Bristow6,46723.45%
Total votes27,581 100.0%
Republican hold

District 34

District 34 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Berger 21,559 82.21%
Democratic Homer Gilson4,66417.79%
Total votes26,223 100.0%
Republican hold

District 35

District 35 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Wilborn (incumbent) 21,271 71.36%
Democratic Levi Morris8,53828.64%
Total votes29,809 100.0%
Republican hold

District 36

District 36 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Elaine Bowers (incumbent) 26,816 85.12%
Democratic Brian Angevine4,68614.88%
Total votes31,502 100.0%
Republican hold

District 37

District 37 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Molly Baumgardner (incumbent) 24,965 68.07%
Democratic Kevin King11,70931.93%
Total votes36,674 100.0%
Republican hold

District 38

District 38 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bud Estes 12,884 75.73%
Democratic Miguel Angel Rodriguez4,13024.27%
Total votes17,014 100.0%
Republican hold

District 39

District 39 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Doll 12,884 79.02%
Democratic A. Zacheriah Worf3,42120.98%
Total votes16,305 100.0%
Republican hold

District 40

District 40 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Billinger 23,964 74.26%
Democratic Alex Herman8,30825.74%
Total votes32,272 100.0%
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ "Kansas State Senate elections, 2016". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ Cournoyer, Caroline (October 12, 2016). "November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures". Governing. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
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