| Kansas's 34th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 85% White 2% Black 9% Hispanic 0% Asian 1% Native American 2% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 68,781 [1] | ||
Kansas's 34th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ed Berger since 2017; Berger was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by Mark Steffen. [2]
District 34 covers all of Reno County and parts of Kingman County to the west of Wichita, including the communities of Hutchinson, Kingman, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Haven, and Nickerson. [3]
The district is located largely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, with a small part extending into the 4th district. It overlaps with the 101st, 102nd, 104th, and 114th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Mark Steffen | 7,177 | 57.5 | |
| Republican | Ed Berger (incumbent) | 5,302 | 42.5 | |
| Total votes | 12,479 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Mark Steffen | 21,240 | 69.8 | |
| Democratic | Shanna Henry | 9,192 | 30.2 | |
| Total votes | 30,432 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Ed Berger | 6,279 | 57.2 | |
| Republican | Terry Bruce (incumbent) | 4,701 | 42.8 | |
| Total votes | 10,980 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Ed Berger | 21,559 | 82.2 | |
| Democratic | Homer Gilson | 4,664 | 17.8 | |
| Total votes | 26,223 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Terry Bruce (incumbent) | 16,007 | 59.9 | |
| Democratic | Mark Treaster | 10,711 | 40.1 | |
| Total votes | 26,718 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 2020 | President | Trump 67.2 – 30.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kobach 48.2 – 40.8% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 65.5 – 27.5% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 65.3 – 32.2% |
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