2016 United States Senate election in Kansas

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2016 United States Senate election in Kansas
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Nominee Jerry Moran Patrick WiesnerRobert Garrard
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote732,376379,74065,760
Percentage62.18%32.24%5.58%
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Moran:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Wiesner:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No data
U.S. senator before election

Jerry Moran
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jerry Moran
Republican

The 2016 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Senator Jerry Moran won re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jerry
Moran		Dennis
Pyle		Milton
Wolf		Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Moran) February 28 – March 3, 2015500± 4.38%73%9%—18%
70%—18%12%

Results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jerry Moran (Incumbent) 230,907 79.09%
Republican D. J. Smith61,05620.91%
Total votes291,963 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Monique Singh-Bey, member of Universal African Peoples Organization [11]
  • Patrick Wiesner, attorney and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2014 [12]

Declined

Results

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Results by county:
  Wiesner
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Singh-Bey
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patrick Wiesner 59,522 62.94%
Democratic Monique Singh-Bey35,04237.06%
Total votes94,564 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Robert Garrard  100.00%
Total votes 100.00%

Independent

Candidates

Declined

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [16] Safe RNovember 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [18] Safe RNovember 3, 2016
Daily Kos [19] Safe RNovember 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics [20] Safe RNovember 7, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jerry
Moran (R)		Patrick
Wiesner (D)		Robert
Garrard (L)		Undecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 20161,311± 4.6%59%37%—4%
SurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 20161,139± 4.6%58%38%—4%
Fort Hays State University November 1–3, 2016313± 3.5%77%13%10%0%
SurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 20161,162± 4.6%58%38%—4%
SurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 20161,123± 4.6%57%38%—5%
SurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 20161,164± 4.6%57%38%—5%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 20161,273± 4.6%56%39%—5%
KSN News/SurveyUSA October 26–30, 2016596± 4.1%55%31%6%8%
KSN News/SurveyUSA October 11–15, 2016549± 4.2%56%31%5%8%
KSN News/SurveyUSA September 6–11, 2016565± 4.2%50%34%6%11%
KSN News/SurveyUSA August 3–7, 2016566± 4.2%52%32%6%10%
KSN News/SurveyUSA July 8–11, 2016537± 4.3%52%33%—15%
Hypothetical polling
with Monique Singh-Bey
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jerry
Moran (R)		Monique
Singh-Bey (D)		Undecided
KSN News/SurveyUSA July 8–11, 2016537± 4.3%54%30%15%
with Kathleen Sebelius
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jerry
Moran (R)		Kathleen
Sebelius (D)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 11–14, 20141,328± 2.7%52%37%11%

Results

United States Senate election in Kansas, 2016 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jerry Moran (incumbent) 732,376 62.18% -7.91%
Democratic Patrick Wiesner379,74032.24%+5.86%
Libertarian Robert D. Garrard65,7605.58%+3.44%
Independent DJ Smith (write-in)460.00%N/A
Total votes1,177,922 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

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