Kansas's 27th Senate district

Kansas's 27th State Senate district
Senator	Joe Claeys R – Wichita
Demographics	84%  White 2%  Black 8%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	74,577 [1]

Kansas's 27th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Joe Claeys since 2025.

Geography

District 27 is based in the western reaches of Wichita in Sedgwick County, also covering some or all of the suburbs of Colwich, Andale, Maize, and Goddard. ^[2]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 90th, 91st, 94th, 100th, 101st, and 105th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[3]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 27 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gene Suellentrop (incumbent)	26,296	66.7
	Democratic	Mike McCorkle	13,143	33.3
Total votes			39,439	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 27 ^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gene Suellentrop	4,085	50.6
	Republican	Lori Graham	3,987	49.4
Total votes			8,072	100
General election
	Republican	Gene Suellentrop	22,252	66.5
	Democratic	Tony Hunter	11,209	33.5
Total votes			33,461	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 27 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leslie Donovan (incumbent)	20,773	65.5
	Democratic	Tony Hunter	10,922	34.5
Total votes			31,695	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [5] [6]
2020	President	Trump 62.1 – 35.9%
2018	Governor	Kobach 48.7 – 42.3%
2016	President	Trump 63.9 – 29.9%
2012	President	Romney 68.3 – 29.8%

References

1. "State Senate District 27, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
2. "Senate District 27" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
3. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
4. "Kansas State Senate District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
5. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
6. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.