Kansas's 7th Senate district

Kansas's 7th State Senate district
Senator	Ethan Corson D – Fairway
Demographics	87%  White 3%  Black 5%  Hispanic 3%  Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	73,076 [1]

Kansas's 7th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Ethan Corson since 2021.

Geography

District 7 covers the inner suburbs of Kansas City in Johnson County, including Prairie Village, Mission, Roeland Park, Fairway, Mission Hills, Westwood, and parts of Leawood and Overland Park. ^[2]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 19th, 21st, 24th, and 25th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[3] It borders the state of Missouri. ^[1]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator	U.S. House [4]	Governor	Attorney General [5]
2008	Obama (D): 53.5 – 45.2%	[Data unknown/missing]	[Data unknown/missing]	—	—
2012	Obama (D): 49.5 – 48.3%	—	[Data unknown/missing]	—	—
2016	Clinton (D): 56 – 35%	Wiesner (D): 48.7 – 46.8%	[Data unknown/missing]	—	—
2018	—	—	Davids (D): 63 – 35.1%	Kelly (D): 66.2 – 27%	Swain (D): 60.8 – 39.2%
2020	Biden (D): 65 – 33%	Bollier (D): 64 – 33%	[Data unknown/missing]	—	—

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 7 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ethan Corson	28,215	59.3
	Republican	Laura McConwell	19,348	40.7
Total votes			47,563	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 7 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Bollier	22,439	54.3
	Democratic	Megan England	18,884	45.7
Total votes			41,323	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 7 ^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Wolf	5,176	57.1
	Republican	David Harvey	3,889	42.9
Total votes			9,065	100
General election
	Republican	Kay Wolf	20,738	53.1
	Democratic	Kyle Russell	18,334	46.9
Total votes			39,072	100
	Republican hold

References

1. "State Senate District 7, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
2. "Senate District 7" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
3. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
4. "KS State Senate District 7 Statewide Results".
5. "DRA KS State Senate 2020". Daves Redistricting.
6. "Kansas State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.