Kansas's 8th Senate district

Kansas's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Cindy Holscher
D–Overland Park
Demographics80% White
5% Black
6% Hispanic
7% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)72,847[1]

Kansas's 8th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Cindy Holscher since 2021.[2]

Geography

District 8 covers much of central Overland Park in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 8th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 48th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] At 20.4 square miles, it is tied with the 25th district for smallest Senate district in the state.[1]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year U.S. President U.S. Senator Governor Attorney General[5]
2008 McCain (R): 53.1 – 45.7% [Data unknown/missing] — —
2012 Romney (R): 57 – 41.1% — — —
2016 Clinton (D): 46.1 – 45.1% Moran (R): 54.4 – 41% — —
2018 — — Kelly (D): 56.8 – 36.4% Swain (D): 51.9 – 48.1%
2020 Biden (D): 56.8% – 43.2% Bollier (D): 53.8% – 41.6% — —

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Holscher 23,686 54.4
Republican James Todd 19,883 45.6
Total votes 43,569 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Denning (incumbent) 19,847 52.8
Democratic Don McGuire 17,758 47.2
Total votes 37,605 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Denning 4,796 60.3
Republican Tim Owens (incumbent) 3,161 39.7
Total votes 7,957 100
General election
Republican Jim Denning 19,484 54.3
Democratic Lisa Johnston 16,398 45.7
Total votes 35,882 100
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 8, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Cindy Holscher". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senate District 8" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "DRA KS State Senate 2020". Daves Redistricting.
  6. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.