The 2024 Kansas Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the
2024 United States elections
Elections in the United States, Elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. In 2024 United States presidential election, the presidential election, former Republican President Donald Trump, seeking a non-consecutive second term ...
. All 40 seats in the
Kansas Senate
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of about 73,000 inhabitants. Members o ...
were up for election and the primary was held on August 6, 2024.
Retirements
Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election.
Republicans
*
District 17
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:
Jeff Longbine retired.
*
District 18
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:
Kristen O'Shea retired.
*
District 23
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:
Robert S. Olson
Robert S. Olson (born December 1, 1969) is an American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the Kansas's 23rd Senate district, 23rd district from 2011 to 2025. He was pr ...
retired.
*
District 26
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:
Dan Kerschen retired.
*
District 31:
Carolyn McGinn retired.
*
District 33:
Alicia Straub retired to run for
Barton County Clerk.
*
District 34
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:
Mark Steffen retired.
*
District 35:
Rick Wilborn retired to
run for State House.
*
District 37:
Molly Baumgardner retired.
*
District 39:
John Doll retired.
Democrats
*
District 3:
Tom Holland
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retired.
Incumbents defeated
In primary election
One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the August 6 primary election.
Republicans
*
District 1:
Dennis Pyle
Dennis D. Pyle (born February 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 1st district from 2005 to 2025. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
Legislative career ...
lost renomination to
Craig Bowser.
In general election
Democrats
*
District 5 District 5, 5 District or 5th District may refer to:
Europe
* District 5 (Zürich)
* District 5, Düsseldorf
* V District, Turku
* District 5, an electoral district of Malta
* District 5, a police district of Malta
* Palma-Palmilla, also kno ...
:
Jeff Pittman was defeated by Republican
Jeff Klemp.
*
District 22 District 22 may refer to:
* District 22 (Chile)
* District 22 (Tehran)
* Texas Senate, District 22
* Florida's 22nd congressional district
* Texas's 22nd congressional district
* New York's 22nd congressional district
* California's 22nd congress ...
:
Usha Reddi was defeated by Republican
Brad Starnes.
Predictions
Results summary
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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District 5, 0.1% (flip)
#
District 22, 1.82% (flip)
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District 11, 4.34%
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District 10, 4.78%
#
District 23, 4.78%
#
District 35, 5.54%
Summary by district
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election.
Results by district
Official primary and general election results from the
Kansas Secretary of State
The secretary of state of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas. The current secretary of state is the former speaker ''pro tempore'' of the Kansas House of Representatives, Scott Schwab, who was sworn in on J ...
:
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
See also
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2024 Kansas elections
Kansas state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Partisan primary, Primary elections for the United States House of Representatives, Kansas Senate, and Kansas House of Representatives were held on August 6, 2024.
Pre ...
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Elections in Kansas
The number of elections in Kansas varies by year. Kansas has a gubernatorial election every four years. Members of the state's United States congressional delegation run for election or re-election at the times set out in the United States Con ...
Notes
References
External links
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The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of about 73,000 inhabitants. Members o ...
Senate
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