Kansas's 6th Senate district

Kansas's 6th
State Senate district
Senator
  Pat Pettey
D–Kansas City
Demographics48% White
10% Black
34% Hispanic
4% Asian
3% Other
Population (2018)70,089[1]

Kansas's 6th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Pat Pettey since 2013, following her defeat of Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Steineger.[2]

Geography

District 6 is based in southern Kansas City in Wyandotte County and Johnson County, also covering parts of Edwardsville, Merriam, and Overland Park.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 24th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 36th, and 37th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Missouri, located directly to the west of that state's Kansas City.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 6[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Pettey (incumbent) 14,533 64.4
Republican Diana Whittington 8,050 35.6
Total votes 22,853 100
Democratic hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 6[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Pettey (incumbent) 12,640 70.8
Libertarian Jason Conley 5,213 29.2
Total votes 17,853 100
Democratic hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 6[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Pettey 1,842 72.6
Democratic Mario Escobar 695 27.4
Total votes 2,537 100
General election
Democratic Pat Pettey 11,637 62.1
Republican Chris Steineger (incumbent) 7,106 37.9
Total votes 18,743 100
Democratic gain from Republican

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Biden 61.9 – 35.8%
2018 Governor Kelly 64.1 – 27.4%
2016 President Clinton 56.9 – 36.1%
2012 President Obama 61.6 – 35.8%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 6, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Pat Pettey". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 6" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 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.