Kansas's 40th Senate district explained

State:Kansas
District:40
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Rick Billinger
Party:Republican
Residence:Goodland
Percent White:90
Percent Black:1
Percent Hispanic:6
Percent Asian:1
Percent Other Race:2
Population:72,574[1]
Population Year:2018

Kansas's 40th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rick Billinger since 2017, succeeding fellow Republican Ralph Ostmeyer.[2]

Geography

District 40 covers a vast swath of rural northwestern Kansas, including all of Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Trego, and Wallace Counties and part of Phillips County. Communities in the district include Hays, Colby, Goodland, Norton, Ellis, Oakley, WaKeeney, Oberlin, St. Francis, Hill City, Hoxie, and Atwood.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 110th, 111th, 118th, and 120th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the states of Nebraska and Colorado. At nearly 13,000 square miles, it is by far the largest legislative district in the state.[1]

Recent election results

2012

Republican 40th district incumbent Ralph Ostmeyer and Democratic 36th district incumbent Allen Schmidt were redistricted into the same district in 2012.

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults[5] [6]
2020PresidentTrump 79.0 – 19.0%
2018GovernorKobach 58.9 – 30.6%
2016PresidentTrump 78.8 – 16.1%
2012PresidentRomney 78.0 – 19.9%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Senate District 40, KS. Census Reporter. August 30, 2020.
  2. Web site: Senator Rick Billinger. Kansas State Legislature. August 30, 2020.
  3. Web site: Senate District 40. Kansas State Legislature. August 30, 2020.
  4. Web site: How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?. David Jarman. Daily Kos. August 30, 2020.
  5. Web site: Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD. Daily Kos. October 17, 2020.
  6. Web site: 2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result. CNalysis. June 9, 2021.