| Kansas's 1st State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 89% White 2% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian 3% Native American 3% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 70,665 [1] | ||
Kansas's 1st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Independent Dennis Pyle since 2005. [2]
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dennis Pyle (incumbent) | 25,173 | 71.7 | |
| Democratic | Kirk Miller | 9,914 | 28.3 | |
| Total votes | 35,087 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 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% |
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