Kansas's 25th Senate district

Kansas's 25th State Senate district
Senator	Mary Ware D – Wichita
Demographics	61%  White 6%  Black 25%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 1%  Native American 5% Other
Population (2018)	72,244 [1]

Kansas's 25th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Mary Ware since her 2019 appointment to succeed Lynn Rogers who resigned following his election as Lieutenant Governor. ^[2]

Geography

District 25 is based entirely in western Wichita, straddling the Arkansas River in central Sedgwick County. ^[3]

The district is located within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 86th, 92nd, 95th, 97th, 103rd, and 105th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[4] At 20.4 square miles, it is tied with the 8th district for smallest Senate district in the state. ^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 25 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Ware (incumbent)	12,647	54.7
	Republican	Vail Fruechting	10,456	45.3
Total votes			23,103	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 25 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Price	1,907	68.2
	Republican	William Eveland	890	31.8
Total votes			2,797	100
General election
	Democratic	Lynn Rogers	11,704	58.5
	Republican	Jim Price	8,308	41.5
Total votes			20,012	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 25 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael O'Donnell	2,785	58.8
	Republican	Jean Schodorf (incumbent)	1,949	41.2
Total votes			4,734	100
General election
	Republican	Michael O'Donnell	9,326	46.6
	Democratic	Tim Snow	9,063	45.3
	Libertarian	Dave Thomas	1,607	8.0
Total votes			19,996	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6] [7]
2020	President	Biden 51.9 – 45.1%
2018	Governor	Kelly 56.5 – 33.4%
2016	President	Trump 46.7 – 45.1%
2012	President	Romney 48.4 – 48.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 25, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
2. "Senator Mary Ware". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. "Senate District 25" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 25". 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.