Kansas's 38th Senate district

Kansas's 38th State Senate district
Senator	Ron Ryckman Sr. R – Meade
Demographics	45%  White 3%  Black 49%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 1% Other
Population (2018)	69,819 [1]

Kansas's 38th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ron Ryckman Sr. since March 2021, following the death of incumbent Bud Estes on February 13, 2021. ^[2]

Geography

District 38 is predominantly based in the two Western Kansas cities of Dodge City and Liberal, covering all of Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade, and Seward Counties and part of Hodgeman County. Other communities in the district include Cimarron, Meade, and Ashland. ^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 115th, 117th, 119th, 124th, and 125th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[4] It borders the state of Oklahoma. ^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 38 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bud Estes (incumbent)	13,274	68.9
	Democratic	Edgar Pando	5,994	31.1
Total votes			19,268	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 38 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bud Estes	4,488	64.8
	Republican	Joyce Warshaw	2,438	35.2
Total votes			6,926	100
General election
	Republican	Bud Estes	12,884	75.7
	Democratic	Miguel Angel Rodriguez	4,130	24.3
Total votes			17,014	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 38 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Garrett Love (incumbent)	13,539	77.0
	Democratic	Johnny Dunlap II	4,033	23.0
Total votes			17,572	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6] [7]
2020	President	Trump 69.8 – 28.3%
2018	Governor	Kobach 54.7 – 32.0%
2016	President	Trump 70.1 – 24.8%
2012	President	Romney 71.8 – 26.4%

References

1. "State Senate District 38, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
2. Hennessy, Joseph (February 13, 2021). "Kansas State Sen. Bud Estes dies at 75". WIBW-TV . Retrieved February 13, 2021.
3. "Senate District 38" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 38". 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.