Kansas's 40th Senate district

Kansas's 40th
State Senate district
Senator
  Rick Billinger
R–Goodland
Demographics90% 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]

Geography

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]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 40[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Billinger (incumbent) 28,023 78.8
Democratic Larry Dreiling 7,530 21.2
Total votes 35,553 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 40[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Billinger 23,964 74.3
Democratic Alex Herman 8,308 25.7
Total votes 32,272 100
Republican hold

2012

Republican 40th district incumbent Ralph Ostmeyer and Democratic 36th district incumbent Allen Schmidt were redistricted into the same district in 2012.

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 40[5]
Primary election
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

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
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%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 40, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Rick Billinger". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 40" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 40". 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.