| Kansas's 10th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 80% White 5% Black 8% Hispanic 3% Asian 3% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 73,567 [1] | ||
Kansas's 10th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mike Thompson since his appointment in 2020 to replace fellow Republican Mary Pilcher-Cook. [2]
District 10 is based in Shawnee in Johnson County, covering the vast majority of the city itself as well as Lake Quivira and parts of Overland Park, Bonner Springs, and Merriam. [3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, and 39th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4]
In January 2020, 10th district incumbent Mary Pilcher-Cook resigned from the Senate, and local meteorologist Mike Thompson was chosen to fill the remainder of her term. [5]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mike Thompson (incumbent) | 8,183 | 72.4 | |
| Republican | Tom Cox | 3,125 | 27.6 | |
| Total votes | 11,308 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Mike Thompson (incumbent) | 22,362 | 51.9 | |
| Democratic | Lindsey Constance | 20,758 | 48.1 | |
| Total votes | 43,120 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mary Pilcher-Cook (incumbent) | 18,673 | 51.3 | |
| Democratic | Vicki Hiatt | 17,722 | 48.7 | |
| Total votes | 36,395 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mary Pilcher-Cook (incumbent) | 4,514 | 64.3 | |
| Republican | Tom Wertz | 2,509 | 35.7 | |
| Total votes | 7,023 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Mary Pilcher-Cook (incumbent) | 19,392 | 58.2 | |
| Democratic | Mark Greene | 13,900 | 41.8 | |
| Total votes | 33,292 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [7] [8] |
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| 2020 | President | Biden 52.1 – 45.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kelly 54.0 – 38.4% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 48.2 – 44.4% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 56.9 – 41.3% |
Mary Pilcher-Cook is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 10th district from 2009 to 2020. She was a representative on the Kansas House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2006. She was elected to the Kansas Senate 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. On December 27, 2019, she announced that she would resign from the Senate effective January 16, 2020, a year before her term expired.
Michael Lowry Thompson is an American politician, meteorologist and weather forecaster who is currently a member of the Kansas Senate representing the 10th Senate district in Johnson County, Kansas. He was appointed to the senate in January 2020 by Republican Party precinct committee members in the 10th District following the resignation of Mary Pilcher-Cook, and took office on January 21, 2020, following a formal appointment by Governor Laura Kelly.
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