Kansas's 20th Senate district

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Kansas's 20th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Brenda Dietrich
R Topeka
Demographics81%  White
5%  Black
7%  Hispanic
2%  Asian
1%  Native American
3% Other
Population (2018)73,035 [1]

Kansas's 20th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Eric Rucker since his appointment in 2018 to replace fellow Republican Vicki Schmidt; Rucker was defeated in the 2020 primary election by State Representative Brenda Dietrich. [2]

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Geography

District 20 is based in southern Topeka, also stretching to cover sparsely populated portions of Shawnee and Wabaunsee Counties. [3]

The district is located almost entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 1st district. It overlaps with the 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4]

Recent election results

2020

In 2018, incumbent Vicki Schmidt was elected Kansas Insurance Commissioner, and Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rucker was chosen to replace her. [5]

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 20 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brenda Dietrich 6,509 54.4
Republican Eric Rucker (incumbent)5,45145.6
Total votes11,960 100
General election
Republican Brenda Dietrich 22,000 56.9
Democratic Rachel Willis16,69643.1
Total votes38,696 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 20 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 5,853 53.4
Republican Joe Patton 5,11046.6
Total votes10,963 100
Democratic Candace Ayars 1,755 46.8
Democratic Dennis Rogers1,00526.8
Democratic Rick Munoz Cortez76020.3
Democratic Clarence Hinchey2306.1
Total votes3,750 100
General election
Republican Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 22,216 65.4
Democratic Candace Ayars11,77534.6
Total votes33,991 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 20 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 5,747 50.7
Republican Joe Patton 5,58749.3
Total votes11,334 100
General election
Republican Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 21,359 63.9
Democratic Terry Crowder10,07130.1
Libertarian Clarence Hinchey2,0036.0
Total votes33,433 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [7] [8]
2020 President Biden 49.2 – 48.1%
2018 Governor Kelly 56.2 – 35.8%
2016 President Trump 49.6 – 43.5%
2012 President Romney 53.9 – 44.1%

References

  1. "State Senate District 20, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. "Senator Eric Rucker". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 20" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. Grant Stephens (December 14, 2018). "Kobach's top deputy Eric Rucker to fill Schmidt's senate seat". WBLW. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Kansas State Senate District 20". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  8. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.