| Kansas's 5th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 71% White 13% Black 9% Hispanic 2% Asian 5% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 74,997 [1] | ||
Kansas's 5th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Kevin Braun since his appointment in 2018; Braun was defeated by Democrat Jeff Pittman in 2020. [2]
District 5 covers parts of Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties, stretching from Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and western Kansas City in the south to Lansing and Leavenworth in the north. [3]
The district overlaps with Kansas's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 33rd, 36th, 40th, 41st, and 42nd districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4] It borders the state of Missouri. [1]
In 2018, incumbent Republican Steve Fitzgerald resigned from the Senate, and pharmaceutical operative Kevin Braun was chosen to serve the remainder of Fitzgerald's term. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Jeff Pittman | 16,753 | 53.1 | ||
| Republican | Kevin Braun (incumbent) | 14,818 | 46.9 | ||
| Total votes | 31,571 | 100 | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bill Hutton | 2,570 | 74.1 | |
| Democratic | Donald Terrien | 899 | 25.9 | |
| Total votes | 3,469 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Steve Fitzgerald (incumbent) | 13,336 | 51.0 | |
| Democratic | Bill Hutton | 12,828 | 49.0 | |
| Total votes | 26,164 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Steve Fitzgerald | 2,298 | 61.5 | |
| Republican | Mark Gilstrap | 1,441 | 38.5 | |
| Total votes | 3,739 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Steve Fitzgerald | 12,803 | 51.5 | |
| Democratic | Kelly Kultala (incumbent) | 12,040 | 48.5 | |
| Total votes | 24,843 | 100 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [7] [8] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 50.3 – 46.9% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kelly 51.5 – 40.3% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 51.1 – 41.3% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 52.9 – 45.1% |
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Kevin Braun is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican, he represented the 5th district of the Kansas Senate, based in Leavenworth and western Kansas City from 2018 to 2021. He lost to Democrat Jeff Pittman in the 2020 election.He lost to Lynn Melton in the 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election for district 36.