State: | Kansas |
District: | 8 |
Chamber: | Senate |
Representative: | Cindy Holscher |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Overland Park |
Percent White: | 80 |
Percent Black: | 5 |
Percent Hispanic: | 6 |
Percent Asian: | 7 |
Percent Other Race: | 2 |
Population: | 72,847[1] |
Population Year: | 2018 |
Kansas's 8th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Cindy Holscher since 2021.[2]
District 8 covers much of central Overland Park in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City.[3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 8th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 48th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] At 20.4 square miles, it is tied with the 25th district for smallest Senate district in the state.[1]
Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator | Governor | Attorney General[5] | |||
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2008 | McCain (R): 53.1 – 45.7% | [Data unknown/missing] | — | — | |||
2012 | Romney (R): 57 – 41.1% | — | — | — | |||
2016 | Clinton (D): 46.1 – 45.1% | Moran (R): 54.4 – 41% | — | — | |||
2018 | — | — | Kelly (D): 56.8 – 36.4% | Swain (D): 51.9 – 48.1% | |||
2020 | Biden (D): 56.8% – 43.2% | Bollier (D): 53.8% – 41.6% | — | — |