Kansas's 35th Senate district

Kansas's 35th
State Senate district
Senator
  Rick Wilborn
R–McPherson
Demographics90% White
1% Black
5% Hispanic
1% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)68,253[1]

Kansas's 35th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rick Wilborn since a 2014 special election.[2]

Geography

District 35 covers the rural geographical center of the state to the north of Wichita, including all of Chase, Ellsworth, Marion, McPherson, and Morris Counties and parts of Dickinson and Rice Counties. Communities in the district include McPherson, Hillsboro, Ellsworth, Lyons, Lindsborg, Sterling, Marion, Council Grove, Herington, and Moundridge.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 68th, 70th, 73rd, 74th, 108th, 113th, and 114th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 35[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Wilborn (incumbent) 28,779 100
Total votes 28,779 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 35[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Wilborn (incumbent) 21,271 71.4
Democratic Levi Morris 8,538 28.6
Total votes 29,809 100
Republican hold

2014 special

2014 Kansas Senate special election, District 35[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Wilborn 3,949 40.1
Republican Donald Hobson 2,851 28.9
Republican Marshall Christmann 1,646 16.7
Republican James Toews 884 8.9
Republican Nick Reinecker 517 5.2
Total votes 9,847 100
General election
Republican Rick Wilborn 20,149 100
Total votes 20,149 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 35[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Emler (incumbent) 6,435 73.3
Republican Jesse Bryant 2,346 26.7
Total votes 8,781 100
General election
Republican Jay Emler (incumbent) 21,063 76.7
Libertarian Jesse Bryant 6,381 23.3
Total votes 27,444 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 71.9 – 25.8%
2018 Governor Kobach 52.0 – 37.6%
2016 President Trump 70.2 – 23.0%
2012 President Romney 70.4 – 27.1%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 35, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Rick Wilborn". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 35" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Kansas State Senate District 35". 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. Retrieved June 9, 2021.