| Kansas's 24th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 83% White 2% Black 10% Hispanic 2% Asian 1% Native American 3% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 69,121 [1] | ||
Kansas's 24th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican former State Representative J. R. Claeys. [2]
District 24 is based in the city of Salina, also covering Abilene, Solomon, Chapman, and other smaller communities in Saline County and some of Dickinson County. [3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 108th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | J. R. Claeys | 7,278 | 62.6 | |
| Republican | Randall Hardy (incumbent) | 4,350 | 37.4 | |
| Total votes | 11,628 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | J. R. Claeys | 25,242 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 25,242 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Randall Hardy | 4,307 | 46.3 | |
| Republican | Tom Arpke (incumbent) | 3,884 | 41.8 | |
| Republican | John Price | 1,103 | 11.9 | |
| Total votes | 9,294 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Randall Hardy | 16,195 | 59.1 | |
| Democratic | Donald Merriman | 11,228 | 40.9 | |
| Total votes | 27,423 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Tom Arpke | 5,413 | 55.4 | |
| Republican | Pete Brungardt (incumbent) | 4,354 | 44.6 | |
| Total votes | 9,767 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Tom Arpke | 15,112 | 56.5 | |
| Democratic | Janice Norlin | 11,650 | 43.5 | |
| Total votes | 26,762 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 2020 | President | Trump 66.7 – 30.9% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kobach 48.0 – 42.0% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 65.3 – 26.7% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 66.3 – 31.0% |
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