Kansas's 24th Senate district

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Kansas's 24th
State Senate district
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Senator
  J. R. Claeys
R Salina
Demographics83%  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]

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Geography

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]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 24 [5]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. R. Claeys 7,278 62.6
Republican Randall Hardy (incumbent)4,35037.4
Total votes11,628 100
General election
Republican J. R. Claeys 25,242 100
Total votes25,242 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 24 [5]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randall Hardy 4,307 46.3
Republican Tom Arpke (incumbent)3,88441.8
Republican John Price1,10311.9
Total votes9,294 100
General election
Republican Randall Hardy 16,195 59.1
Democratic Donald Merriman11,22840.9
Total votes27,423 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 24 [5]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Arpke 5,413 55.4
Republican Pete Brungardt (incumbent)4,35444.6
Total votes9,767 100
General election
Republican Tom Arpke 15,112 56.5
Democratic Janice Norlin11,65043.5
Total votes26,762 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [6] [7]
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%

References

  1. "State Senate District 24, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. "Senator Randall Hardy". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 24" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kansas State Senate District 24". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.