Kansas's 34th Senate district

Kansas's 34th
State Senate district
Senator
  Mark Steffen
R–Hutchinson
Demographics85% White
2% Black
9% Hispanic
0% Asian
1% Native American
2% Other
Population (2018)68,781[1]

Kansas's 34th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ed Berger since 2017; Berger was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by Mark Steffen.[2]

Geography

District 34 covers all of Reno County and parts of Kingman County to the west of Wichita, including the communities of Hutchinson, Kingman, South Hutchinson, Buhler, Haven, and Nickerson.[3]

The district is located largely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, with a small part extending into the 4th district. It overlaps with the 101st, 102nd, 104th, and 114th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 34[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Steffen 7,177 57.5
Republican Ed Berger (incumbent) 5,302 42.5
Total votes 12,479 100
General election
Republican Mark Steffen 21,240 69.8
Democratic Shanna Henry 9,192 30.2
Total votes 30,432 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 34[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Berger 6,279 57.2
Republican Terry Bruce (incumbent) 4,701 42.8
Total votes 10,980 100
General election
Republican Ed Berger 21,559 82.2
Democratic Homer Gilson 4,664 17.8
Total votes 26,223 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 34[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Bruce (incumbent) 16,007 59.9
Democratic Mark Treaster 10,711 40.1
Total votes 26,718 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 67.2 – 30.5%
2018 Governor Kobach 48.2 – 40.8%
2016 President Trump 65.5 – 27.5%
2012 President Romney 65.3 – 32.2%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 34, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Ed Berger". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 34" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 34". 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.