| Kansas's 40th State Senate district | |||
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| Demographics | 90% White 1% Black 6% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Other | ||
| Population (2018) | 72,574 [1] | ||
Kansas's 40th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rick Billinger since 2017, succeeding fellow Republican Ralph Ostmeyer. [2]
District 40 covers a vast swath of rural northwestern Kansas, including all of Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Trego, and Wallace Counties and part of Phillips County. Communities in the district include Hays, Colby, Goodland, Norton, Ellis, Oakley, WaKeeney, Oberlin, St. Francis, Hill City, Hoxie, and Atwood. [3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 110th, 111th, 118th, and 120th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. [4] It borders the states of Nebraska and Colorado. At nearly 13,000 square miles, it is by far the largest legislative district in the state. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Rick Billinger (incumbent) | 28,023 | 78.8 | |
| Democratic | Larry Dreiling | 7,530 | 21.2 | |
| Total votes | 35,553 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Rick Billinger | 23,964 | 74.3 | |
| Democratic | Alex Herman | 8,308 | 25.7 | |
| Total votes | 32,272 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Republican 40th district incumbent Ralph Ostmeyer and Democratic 36th district incumbent Allen Schmidt were redistricted into the same district in 2012.
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Ralph Ostmeyer (incumbent) | 7,396 | 64.5 | |
| Republican | John Miller | 4,078 | 35.5 | |
| Total votes | 11,474 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Ralph Ostmeyer (incumbent) | 21,443 | 66.5 | |
| Democratic | Allen Schmidt (incumbent) | 10,796 | 33.5 | |
| Total votes | 32,239 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 2020 | President | Trump 79.0 – 19.0% |
| 2018 | Governor | Kobach 58.9 – 30.6% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 78.8 – 16.1% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 78.0 – 19.9% |
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