Kansas's 27th Senate district

Kansas's 27th
State Senate district
Senator
  Chase Blasi
R–Wichita
Demographics84% White
2% Black
8% Hispanic
2% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)74,577[1]

Kansas's 27th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Chase Blasi since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Gene Suellentrop following his resignation.[2]

Geography

District 27 is based in the western reaches of Wichita in Sedgwick County, also covering some or all of the suburbs of Colwich, Andale, Maize, and Goddard.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 90th, 91st, 94th, 100th, 101st, and 105th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 27[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gene Suellentrop (incumbent) 26,296 66.7
Democratic Mike McCorkle 13,143 33.3
Total votes 39,439 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 27[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gene Suellentrop 4,085 50.6
Republican Lori Graham 3,987 49.4
Total votes 8,072 100
General election
Republican Gene Suellentrop 22,252 66.5
Democratic Tony Hunter 11,209 33.5
Total votes 33,461 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 27[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leslie Donovan (incumbent) 20,773 65.5
Democratic Tony Hunter 10,922 34.5
Total votes 31,695 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 62.1 – 35.9%
2018 Governor Kobach 48.7 – 42.3%
2016 President Trump 63.9 – 29.9%
2012 President Romney 68.3 – 29.8%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 27, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Chase Blasi | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Senate District 27" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 27". 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.