Kansas's 1st Senate district

Kansas's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Craig Bowser R – Holton
Demographics	88%  White 2%  Black 3%  Hispanic 2%  Native American 4%  Multiracial
Population (2023)	71,869 [1]

Kansas's 1st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. The district has been represented by Republican Craig Bowser since 2025. ^[2]

Geography

2012 - 2020

District 1 is based in the northeastern corner of the state, covering all of Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, and Pottawatomie Counties. Communities in the district include Atchison, Holton, Hiawatha, Sabetha, Seneca, Horton, Wathena, Troy, Elwood, and a small part of Manhattan. ^[3]

The district overlaps with Kansas's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, and with the 51st, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, and 106th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[4] It borders the states of Missouri and Nebraska. ^[1]

2022 - 2030

The district includes all of Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, and Nemaha counties, and portions of Jefferson, Leavenworth, and Marshall counties. ^[5]

Recent Election Results

2024

2024 Kansas Senate election, District 1 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Bowser	29,530	100.0
Total votes			29,530	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 1 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Pyle (incumbent)	25,173	71.7
	Democratic	Kirk Miller	9,914	28.3
Total votes			35,087	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 1 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Pyle (incumbent)	18,283	58.3
	Democratic	Jerry Henry	13,076	41.7
Total votes			31,359	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 1 ^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Pyle (incumbent)	6,730	66.4
	Republican	Marje Cochren	3,407	33.6
Total votes			10,137	100
General election
	Republican	Dennis Pyle (incumbent)	15,378	50.7
	Democratic	Steve Lukert	14,982	49.3
Total votes			30,360	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [8] [9]
2020	President	Trump 73.3 – 24.4%
2018	Governor	Kobach 51.8 – 37.2%
2016	President	Trump 71.0 – 22.7%
2012	President	Romney 68.2 – 29.4%

References

1. "State Senate District 1, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
2. "Senator Craig Bowser | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.gov. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
3. "Senate District 1" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
5. "Current Districts | Senate | Kansas State Legislature". kslegislature.gov. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
6. "Kansas State Senate District 1" (PDF).
7. "Kansas State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
8. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
9. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.