Election Name: | 1992 United States Senate election in Kansas |
Country: | Kansas |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 United States Senate election in Kansas |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas |
Next Year: | 1996 (special) |
Election Date: | November 3, 1992 |
Image1: | File:Robert J. Dole (cropped2).jpg |
Nominee1: | Bob Dole |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 706,246 |
Percentage1: | 62.70% |
Nominee2: | Gloria O'Dell |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 349,525 |
Percentage2: | 31.03% |
Map Size: | 270px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Bob Dole |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bob Dole |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1992 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Republican senator Bob Dole won re-election to a fifth six-year term, defeating Democratic nominee Gloria O'Dell. Dole, who ran unsuccessfully for the vice-presidency in 1976, had become Republican Leader of the Senate seven years prior. Dole resigned part-way through this term while running for the presidency in 1996.
In the Democratic primary, O'Dell defeated Fred Phelps, the highly controversial pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church.