2024 Kansas Senate election

2024 Kansas Senate election
All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain Republican gain ; Democratic hold Republican hold; Results TBD
President of the Senate before election; Ty Masterson; Republican	Elected President of the Senate ; TBD;

The 2024 Kansas Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate were up for election and the primary was held on August 6, 2024.^[1]

Retirements

Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election.

Republicans

District 17: Jeff Longbine is retiring.^[2]
District 18: Kristen O'Shea is retiring.^[3]
District 23: Robert S. Olson is retiring.^[4]
District 26: Dan Kerschen is retiring.^[5]
District 31: Carolyn McGinn is retiring.^[6]
District 33: Alicia Straub is retiring to run for Barton County Clerk.^[7]
District 34: Mark Steffen is retiring.^[8]
District 35: Rick Wilborn is retiring to run for State House.^[9]
District 37: Molly Baumgardner is retiring.^[10]
District 39: John Doll is retiring.^[11]

Democrats

District 3: Tom Holland is retiring.^[12]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the August 6 primary election.

Republicans

District 1: Dennis Pyle lost renomination to Craig Bowser.^[13]

Summary by district

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election.

District	Incumbent
1st	Dennis Pyle	Rep
2nd	Marci Francisco	Dem
3rd	Tom Holland†	Dem
3rd	Rick Kloos^[a]	Rep
4th	David Haley	Dem
5th	Jeff Pittman	Dem
6th	Pat Pettey	Dem
7th	Ethan Corson	Dem
8th	Cindy Holscher	Dem
9th	Beverly Gossage	Rep
10th	Mike Thompson	Rep
11th	Kellie Warren	Rep
12th	Caryn Tyson	Rep
13th	Tim Shallenburger^[b]	Rep
14th	Michael Fagg	Rep
15th	Virgil Peck Jr.	Rep
16th	Ty Masterson	Rep
17th	Jeff Longbine†	Rep
18th	Kristen O'Shea†	Rep
19th	New Seat
20th	Brenda Dietrich	Rep
21st	Dinah Sykes	Dem
22nd	Usha Reddi^[c]	Dem
23rd	Robert S. Olson†	Rep
24th	J. R. Claeys	Rep
25th	Mary Ware	Dem
26th	Dan Kerschen†	Rep
27th	Chase Blasi^[d]	Rep
28th	Mike Petersen	Rep
29th	Oletha Faust-Goudeau	Dem
30th	Renee Erickson	Rep
31st	Carolyn McGinn†	Rep
32nd	Larry Alley	Rep
33rd	Alicia Straub†	Rep
34th	Mark Steffen†	Rep
35th	Rick Wilborn†	Rep
36th	Elaine Bowers	Rep
37th	Molly Baumgardner†	Rep
38th	Bud Estes	Rep
39th	John Doll†	Rep
40th	Rick Billinger	Rep

Results by district

District 1

2024 Kansas Senate District 1 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Craig Bowser
	Republican	John Eplee
	Republican	Dennis Pyle (incumbent)
Total votes			100.0

District 2

2024 Kansas Senate District 2 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Marci Francisco (incumbent)
	Democratic	Christina Haswood
Total votes			100.0

District 3

2024 Kansas Senate District 3 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Kloos (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 3 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dena Sattler
Total votes				100.0

District 4

2024 Kansas Senate District 4 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	David Haley (incumbent)
	Democratic	Ephren Taylor III
Total votes			100.0

District 5

2024 Kansas Senate District 5 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Pittman (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 5 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Jeff Klemp
	Republican	Echo Van Meteren
Total votes			100.0

District 6

2024 Kansas Senate District 6 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Pettey (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 6 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tabitha Burt
Total votes				100.0

District 7

2024 Kansas Senate District 7 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ethan Corson (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 8

2024 Kansas Senate District 8 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Holscher (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 8 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Benee Hudson
Total votes				100.0

District 9

2024 Kansas Senate District 9 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Beverly Gossage (incumbent)
	Republican	Bryan Zesiger
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 9 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Mallicoat
Total votes				100.0

District 10

2024 Kansas Senate District 10 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Thompson (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 10 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Mall
Total votes				100.0

District 11

2024 Kansas Senate District 11 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kellie Warren (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 11 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Thurlow
Total votes				100.0

District 12

2024 Kansas Senate District 12 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Caryn Tyson (incumbent)
	Republican	Stetson Kern
Total votes			100.0

District 13

2024 Kansas Senate District 13 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Tim Shallenburger (incumbent)
	Republican	Sam Owen
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 13 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Austin Stapleton
Total votes				100.0

District 14

2024 Kansas Senate District 14 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Fagg (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 15

2024 Kansas Senate District 15 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virgil Peck (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 16

2024 Kansas Senate District 16 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ty Masterson (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 16 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sasha Islam
Total votes				100.0

District 17

2024 Kansas Senate District 17 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Mike Argabright
	Republican	David Schneider
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District # Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lillian Lingenfelter
Total votes				100.0

District 18

2024 Kansas Senate District 18 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Titus
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 18 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew Robin
Total votes				100.0

District 19

2024 Kansas Senate District 19 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Tyler Wible
	Republican	Cynthia Smith
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 19 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Patrick Schmidt
	Democratic	Vic Miller
	Democratic	ShaMecha King Simms
Total votes			100.0

District 20

2024 Kansas Senate District 20 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Brenda Dietrich (incumbent)
	Republican	Josh Powell
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 20 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candace Ayers
Total votes				100.0

District 21

2024 Kansas Senate District 21 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dinah Sykes (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 22

2024 Kansas Senate District 22 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Usha Reddi (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 22 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Starnes
Total votes				100.0

District 23

2024 Kansas Senate District 23 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Thomas
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 23 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Knoell
Total votes				100.0

District 24

2024 Kansas Senate District 24 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J.R. Claeys (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 24 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Baker
Total votes				100.0

District 25

2024 Kansas Senate District 25 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Ware (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 25 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keenan Smith
Total votes				100.0

District 26

2024 Kansas Senate District 26 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Chase Blasi (incumbent)
	Republican	J.C. Moore
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 26 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Shore Jr.
Total votes				100.0

District 27

2024 Kansas Senate District 27 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Claeys
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 27 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Herington
Total votes				100.0

District 28

2024 Kansas Senate District 28 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Petersen (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 29

2024 Kansas Senate District 29 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oletha Faust-Goudeau (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 30

2024 Kansas Senate District 30 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Erickson (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 30 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Smith
Total votes				100.0

District 31

2024 Kansas Senate District 31 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Owens
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 31 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Miller
Total votes				100.0

District 32

2024 Kansas Senate District 32 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Alley (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 32 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Moreno
	Democratic	Michael Soetaert
Total votes			100.0

District 33

2024 Kansas Senate District 33 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Tory Marie Arnberger
	Republican	John Sturn
Total votes			100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 33 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew Westenfeld
Total votes				100.0

District 34

2024 Kansas Senate District 34 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Michael Murphy
	Republican	Bob Fee
Total votes			100.0

District 35

2024 Kansas Senate District 35 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	TJ Rose
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 35 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Anderson
Total votes				100.0

District 36

2024 Kansas Senate District 36 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Elaine Bowers (incumbent)
	Republican	Robert Bonanata
Total votes			100.0

District 37

2024 Kansas Senate District 37 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Molly Baumgardner (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 37 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherry Giebler
Total votes				100.0

District 38

2024 Kansas Senate District 38 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Ryckman Sr. (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

2024 Kansas Senate District 38 Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Lara
Total votes				100.0

District 39

2024 Kansas Senate District 39 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Clifford
Total votes				100.0

District 40

2024 Kansas Senate District 40 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Billinger (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

Notes

^ Redistricted from the 19th district.
^ Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Richard Hilderbrand.
^ Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Tom Hawk.
^ Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Gene Suellentrop.

References

^ "Kansas State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
^ Brooks, Ryann; Wagoner, Jessie (May 8, 2024). "Longbine announces retirement, Argabright files for Senate". The Emporia Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Harvel, Jack (April 26, 2024). "What Kansas Sen. Kristen O'Shea said in opting not to run for reelection for Topeka seat". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Cooper, Brad (February 13, 2023). "Olson won't seek fourth term in Senate". Sunflower State Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ Cooper, Brad (June 1, 2023). "Kerschen won't seek fourth term in Senate; Blasi to run in new district". Sunflower State Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ McMillan, Laura (January 30, 2024). "Sedgwick, Harvey County senator to retire". KSNW. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Thacker, Susan (June 4, 2024). "Straub challenges Schmeidler for county clerk; Reynolds runs for county attorney". Great Bend Tribune. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ Kidd, Lucky (September 1, 2023). "Steffen Won't Seek Re-Election to Kansas Senate, Two File for his Seat". Ad Astra Radio. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ Carpenter, Tim (June 4, 2024). "Kansas governor orders flags lowered to mark death of state Rep. Les Mason". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved June 16, 2024. Sen. Rick Wilborn, a McPherson Republican who had been friends with Mason for decades, filed Monday for the vacancy created by the representative's untimely death.
^ Carpenter, Tim (June 4, 2024). "Thirty-one Kansas legislators decline to seek reelection, dozens to win campaigns by default". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved June 16, 2024. In a maneuver comparable to that of Landwehr, Louisburg Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner withdrew her candidacy for reelection in the final hour.
^ Swaim, Chance (June 8, 2024). "Dozens of open seats in the Kansas Legislature could tip the scales of power in Topeka". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved June 16, 2024. Elsewhere in the state, Republicans senators who did not file for re-election also include John Doll of Garden City.
^ Lawhorn, Chad (December 6, 2023). "Douglas County legislator Tom Holland won't seek reelection to the Kansas Senate". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Storm, Alyssa (August 6, 2024). "Pyle loses Kansas Senate 1 seat to Bowser". KSNT. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

External links

[14] Redistricted from the 19th district.

[15] Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Richard Hilderbrand.

[16] Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Tom Hawk.

[17] Appointed in 2023 to replace incumbent Gene Suellentrop.

[1] "Kansas State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

[2] Brooks, Ryann; Wagoner, Jessie (May 8, 2024). "Longbine announces retirement, Argabright files for Senate". The Emporia Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[3] Harvel, Jack (April 26, 2024). "What Kansas Sen. Kristen O'Shea said in opting not to run for reelection for Topeka seat". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[4] Cooper, Brad (February 13, 2023). "Olson won't seek fourth term in Senate". Sunflower State Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[5] Cooper, Brad (June 1, 2023). "Kerschen won't seek fourth term in Senate; Blasi to run in new district". Sunflower State Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[6] McMillan, Laura (January 30, 2024). "Sedgwick, Harvey County senator to retire". KSNW. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[7] Thacker, Susan (June 4, 2024). "Straub challenges Schmeidler for county clerk; Reynolds runs for county attorney". Great Bend Tribune. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[8] Kidd, Lucky (September 1, 2023). "Steffen Won't Seek Re-Election to Kansas Senate, Two File for his Seat". Ad Astra Radio. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[9] Carpenter, Tim (June 4, 2024). "Kansas governor orders flags lowered to mark death of state Rep. Les Mason". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved June 16, 2024. Sen. Rick Wilborn, a McPherson Republican who had been friends with Mason for decades, filed Monday for the vacancy created by the representative's untimely death.

[10] Carpenter, Tim (June 4, 2024). "Thirty-one Kansas legislators decline to seek reelection, dozens to win campaigns by default". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved June 16, 2024. In a maneuver comparable to that of Landwehr, Louisburg Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner withdrew her candidacy for reelection in the final hour.

[11] Swaim, Chance (June 8, 2024). "Dozens of open seats in the Kansas Legislature could tip the scales of power in Topeka". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved June 16, 2024. Elsewhere in the state, Republicans senators who did not file for re-election also include John Doll of Garden City.

[12] Lawhorn, Chad (December 6, 2023). "Douglas County legislator Tom Holland won't seek reelection to the Kansas Senate". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[13] Storm, Alyssa (August 6, 2024). "Pyle loses Kansas Senate 1 seat to Bowser". KSNT. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

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2024 Kansas Senate election

Retirements

Republicans

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Republicans

Summary by district

Results by district

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

Notes

References

External links