Kansas's 26th Senate district

Kansas's 26th
State Senate district
Senator
  Dan Kerschen
R–Garden Plain
Demographics86% White
1% Black
6% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Native American
4% Other
Population (2018)73,835[1]

Kansas's 26th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Dan Kerschen since 2013, following his primary defeat of fellow Republican Dick Kelsey.[2]

Geography

District 26 covers the southern and southwestern suburbs of Wichita in Sedgwick County, including some of Wichita proper as well as Haysville, Mulvane, Cheney, Garden Plain, and parts of Derby, Clearwater, and Goddard.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 81st, 82nd, 93rd, 94th, 97th, 98th, and 101st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 26[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Kerschen (incumbent) 27,540 100
Total votes 27,540 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 26[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Kerschen (incumbent) 3,913 73.0
Republican Byron Dunlavy 1,446 27.0
Total votes 5,359 100
General election
Republican Dan Kerschen (incumbent) 20,274 69.5
Democratic Benjamin Poteete 8,911 30.5
Total votes 29,185 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 26[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Kerschen 3,911 57.6
Republican Dick Kelsey (incumbent) 2,883 42.4
Total votes 6,794 100
General election
Republican Dan Kerschen 20,593 100
Total votes 20,593 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 67.7 – 29.7%
2018 Governor Kobach 51.4 – 37.1%
2016 President Trump 68.2 – 24.6%
2012 President Romney 68.8 – 28.8%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 26, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Dan Kerschen". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 26" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 26". 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.