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.
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All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retirements
editFour incumbents did not run for reelection in 2020. Those incumbents are:
Republicans
edit- District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring
- District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring
Democrats
edit- District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate
- District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring
Incumbents defeated
editIn primary elections
editRepublicans
editSeven 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
editRepublican
edit- District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.
Democratic
edit- District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.
Predictions
edit| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[1] | Likely R | October 21, 2020 |
Results summary
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| Republican | 39 | 817,169 | 63.11% | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 
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| Democratic | 30 | 477,582 | 36.89% | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
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| Total | 1,294,751 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
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Close races
editDistricts 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Kansas Elections Results". Associated Press.
- ^ "2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Kansas State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.