2020 Kansas House of Representatives election

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November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

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All 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives
63 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Ron Ryckman Jr.	Tom Sawyer
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	78th district	95th district
Seats before	84	41
Seats won	86	39
Seat change	2	2

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Ray Merrick
Republican

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Ron Ryckman Jr.
Republican

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The 2020 Kansas House of Representatives elections took place as a part of the 2020 United States elections. All 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives were up for re-election. Representatives serve two year terms and are not term limited.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[1]	Likely R	October 21, 2020

Results

District 1

District 1^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Houser	8,381	100.00
Total votes			8,381	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

District 2^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Collins	6,759	62.16
	Democratic	Lynn D. Grant	4,115	37.84
Total votes			10,874	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

District 3^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Smith	4,942	53.98
	Democratic	Monica Murnan	4,213	46.02
Total votes			9,155	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

District 4^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trevor Jacobs	7,881	74.89
	Democratic	Bill Meyer	2,642	25.11
Total votes			10,523	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

District 5^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Samsel	8,061	77.34
	Democratic	Roger Sims	2,362	22.66
Total votes			10,423	100.00
	Republican hold

District 6

District 6^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samantha Poetter	11,111	100.00
Total votes			11,111	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

District 7^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Proehl	7,795	100.00
Total votes			7,795	100.00
	Republican hold

District 8

District 8^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Croft	12,649	100.00
Total votes			12,649	100.00
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Thompson	6,879	74.84
	Democratic	Alana Cloutier	2,312	25.16
Total votes			9,191	100.00
	Republican hold

District 10

District 10^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christina Haswood	9,446	100.00
Total votes			9,446	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 11

District 11^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Kelly	7,467	100.00
Total votes			7,467	100.00
	Republican hold

District 12

District 12^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Blex	8,908	100.00
Total votes			8,908	100.00
	Republican hold

District 13

District 13^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Newland	7,633	77.20
	Democratic	Mark Pringle	2,254	22.80
Total votes			9,887	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

District 14^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlotte Esau	8,539	52.40
	Democratic	Angela Schweller	7,757	47.60
Total votes			16,296	100.00
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Toplikar	5,361	51.47
	Democratic	Cole Fine	5,054	48.53
Total votes			10,415	100.00
	Republican hold

District 16

District 16^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Featherston	7,130	50.24
	Republican	Rashard Young	7,063	49.76
Total votes			14,193	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 17

District 17^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jo Ella Hoye	7,058	50.93
	Republican	Kristine Sapp	6,356	45.87
	Libertarian	Michael Kerner	443	3.20
Total votes			13,857	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

District 18^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Neighbor	7,098	52.35
	Republican	Cathy Gordon	6,460	47.65
Total votes			13,558	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 19

District 19^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Clayton	12,369	100.00
Total votes			12,369	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 20

District 20^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mari-Lynn Poskin	8,249	51.55
	Republican	Jane Dirks	7,752	48.45
Total votes			16,001	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

District 21^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Stogsdill	9,421	61.98
	Republican	Bob Reese	5,778	38.02
Total votes			15,199	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 22

District 22^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lindsay Vaughn	8,413	100.00
Total votes			8,413	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 23

District 23^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Ruiz	6,069	55.00
	Republican	Jeff Shull	4,386	39.75
	Libertarian	Matthew Clark	579	5.25
Total votes			11,034	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 24

District 24^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jarrod Ousley	9,545	100.00
Total votes			9,545	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

District 25^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rui Xu	12,177	100.00
Total votes			12,177	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 26

District 26^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Thomas	9,758	61.28
	Democratic	W. Michael Shimeall	6,166	38.72
Total votes			15,924	100.00
	Republican hold

District 27

District 27^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Tarwater	12,119	63.52
	Democratic	Sona Patel	6,961	36.48
Total votes			19,080	100.00
	Republican hold

District 28

District 28^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Turner	7,638	53.15
	Democratic	Sally Jercha	6,732	46.85
Total votes			14,370	100.00
	Republican hold

District 29

District 29^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brett Parker	7,636	56.85
	Republican	Jerry Clinton	5,795	43.15
Total votes			13,431	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 30

District 30^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Woodard	6,913	52.09
	Republican	Laura Williams	6,357	47.91
Total votes			13,270	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 31

District 31^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis Ruiz	5,211	71.57
	Republican	Landon Griffith	2,070	28.43
Total votes			7,281	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 32

District 32^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pam Curtis	2,822	74.66
	Republican	Greg Conchola	958	25.34
Total votes			3,780	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 33

District 33^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Burroughs	5,156	48.73
	Republican	Jordan Mackey	4,398	41.57
	Libertarian	Rick Parsons	1,027	9.71
Total votes			10,581	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 34

District 34^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valdenia Winn	5,544	100.00
Total votes			5,544	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 35

District 35^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Broderick Henderson	5,694	80.13
	Republican	Mark Snelson	1,412	19.87
Total votes			7,106	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 36

District 36^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Wolfe Moore	8,280	62.58
	Republican	Mark Gilstrap	4,952	37.42
Total votes			13,232	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 37

District 37^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Coleman^[note 1]	3,649	66.45
	Independent	Stan Frownfelter (write-in)	1,222	22.25
	Independent	Kristina Smith (write-in)	620	11.29
Total votes			5,491	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 38

District 38^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy H. Johnson	9,368	63.16
	Democratic	Sherri D. Grogan	5,464	36.84
Total votes			14,832	100.00
	Republican hold

District 39

District 39^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Owen Donohoe	8,511	54.78
	Democratic	Les Lampe	7,027	45.22
Total votes			15,538	100.00
	Republican hold

District 40

District 40^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David French	5,318	54.04
	Democratic	Joana Scholtz	4,523	45.96
Total votes			9,841	100.00
	Republican hold

District 41

District 41^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Proctor	3,846	53.00
	Democratic	Mike Griswold	3,411	47.00
Total votes			7,257	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 42

District 42^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lance Neelly	9,652	97.15
	Independent	Jim Karleskint (write-in)	283	2.85
Total votes			7,257	100.00
	Republican hold

District 43

District 43^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Sutton	7,893	64.72
	Democratic	Pamela Finley	4,302	35.28
Total votes			12,195	100.00
	Republican hold

Notes

^ Coleman was elected as a Democrat but changed his affiliation to independent in January 2021 after he had admitted to allegations of bullying, blackmail and revenge porn from before his election.^[3]^[4] After a House committee investigation in February 2021, he was allowed to rejoin the Democrats.^[5]

References

^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq "Kansas Secretary of State 2020 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "New Kansas Representative changes affiliation from Democrat to Independent". KMBC News. 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ Hailey Godburn (4 November 2020). "20-year-old who admitted to sexual harassment elected to Kansas House of Representatives". KSHB. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "Kansas Rep. Aaron Coleman rejoins Democratic Party". KSHB. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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