2020 Kansas Senate election explained
See also: 2020 Kansas elections.
| Election Name: | 2020 Kansas Senate election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Kansas Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Kansas Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | Susan Wagle
(retired) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 817,169 |
| Percentage1: | 63.11% |
| Leader2: | Anthony Hensley
(lost re-election) |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 19th district |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 477,582 |
| Percentage2: | 36.89% |
| President of the Senate |
| Before Election: | Susan Wagle |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ty Masterson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2020 Kansas Senate election took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Kansas voters elected state senators in all of the state's 40 senate districts. Senators serve four-year terms.
Retirements
Four incumbents did not run for reelection in 2020. Those incumbents are:
Republicans
- District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring
- District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring
Democrats
- District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate
- District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Republicans
Seven Republicans lost renomination.
- District 11: John Skubal lost renomination to Kellie Warren.
- District 14: Bruce Givens lost renomination to Michael Fagg.
- District 15: Dan Goddard lost renomination to Virgil Peck Jr.
- District 20: Eric Rucker lost renomination to Brenda Dietrich.
- District 24: Randall Hardy lost renomination to J. R. Claeys.
- District 33: Mary Jo Taylor lost renomination to Alicia Straub.
- District 34: Ed Berger lost renomination to Mark Steffen.
In the general election
Republican
- District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.
Democratic
- District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.
Results summary
Summary of the November 3, 2020 Kansas Senate election results |
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats |
|---|
| % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– |
|---|
| Republican | 39 | 817,169 | 63.11% | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |
|---|
| Democratic | 30 | 477,582 | 36.89% | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
|---|
| Total | 1,294,751 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| Source:[2] [3] | |
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 22, 1.2%
District 3, 2.04%
District 19, 2.42% (flip)
District 10, 3.72%
District 30, 4.22%
District 9, 4.52%
District 11, 5.36%
District 5, 6.04% (flip)
District 23, 6.22%
District 28, 8.1%
District 8, 8.72% (flip)
District 25, 9.18%
District 21, 9.58%Summary of results by State Senate district
Notes and References
- Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
- Web site: Kansas Elections Results . Associated Press .
- Web site: 2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals . Kansas Secretary of State . December 2, 2020.
- Web site: Kansas State Senate elections, 2020 . Ballotpedia .
