Kansas's 16th Senate district

Kansas's 16th State Senate district
Senator	Ty Masterson R – Andover
Demographics	82%  White 4%  Black 6%  Hispanic 5%  Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	76,678 [1]

Kansas's 16th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ty Masterson since 2009. ^[2]

Geography

District 16 covers the eastern suburbs of Wichita in Butler and Sedgwick Counties, including the communities of Andover, Augusta, Rose Hill, and parts of Derby, Bel Aire, Kechi, and Wichita proper. ^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 72nd, 75th, 77th, 81st, 82nd, 85th, 88th, 90th, and 99th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 16 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ty Masterson (incumbent)	27,199	69.0
	Democratic	Timothy Fry II	12,246	31.0
Total votes			39,445	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 16 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ty Masterson (incumbent)	4,697	59.3
	Republican	Troy Tabor II	3,226	40.7
Total votes			7,923	100
General election
	Republican	Ty Masterson (incumbent)	20,980	64.7
	Democratic	Gabriel Costilla	11,467	35.3
Total votes			32,447	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 16 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ty Masterson (incumbent)	23,354	100
Total votes			23,354	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6] [7]
2020	President	Trump 63 – 34.6%
2018	Governor	Kobach 50.4 – 40.3%
2016	President	Trump 64.9 – 28.4%
2012	President	Romney 68.8 – 29.2%

References

1. "State Senate District 16, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
2. "Senator Ty Masterson". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
3. "Senate District 16" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.