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2020 Kansas Senate election

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{{see also|2020 Kansas elections}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2020 Kansas Senate election

| country = Kansas

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2016 Kansas Senate election

| previous_year = 2016

| next_election = 2024 Kansas Senate election

| next_year = 2024

| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate

| majority_seats = 21

| election_date = {{Start date|2020|11|03}}

| image1 = x150px

| leader1 = Susan Wagle
(retired)

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| leaders_seat1 = 30th District

| seats_before1 = 29

| seats_after1 = 29

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote1 = 817,169

| percentage1 = 63.11%

| swing1 =

| image2 = x110px

| leader2 = Anthony Hensley
(lost re-election)

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| leaders_seat2 = 19th district

| seats_before2 = 11

| seats_after2 = 11

| seat_change2 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote2 = 477,582

| percentage2 = 36.89%

| swing2 =

| map_image = Kansas State Senate 2020.svg

| map_size =

| map_caption = Results:
{{legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}}
{{legend0|#CA0020|Republican gain}} {{legend0|#0571B0|Democratic gain}}

| title = President of the Senate

| before_election = Susan Wagle

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Ty Masterson

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Elections in Kansas}}

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.

Retirements

Four incumbents did not run for reelection in 2020. Those incumbents are:

=Republicans=

  1. District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring
  2. District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring

=Democrats=

  1. District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate
  2. District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

=In primary elections=

==Republicans==

Seven Republicans lost renomination.

  1. District 11: John Skubal lost renomination to Kellie Warren.
  2. District 14: Bruce Givens lost renomination to Michael Fagg.
  3. District 15: Dan Goddard lost renomination to Virgil Peck Jr.
  4. District 20: Eric Rucker lost renomination to Brenda Dietrich.
  5. District 24: Randall Hardy lost renomination to J. R. Claeys.
  6. District 33: Mary Jo Taylor lost renomination to Alicia Straub.
  7. District 34: Ed Berger lost renomination to Mark Steffen.

=In the general election=

==Republican==

  1. District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.

==Democratic==

  1. District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.

Predictions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | The Cook Political Report{{cite web|title=October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races|url=https://cookpolitical.com/october-overview-handicapping-2020-state-legislature-races|website=The Cook Political Report|access-date=November 1, 2020}}

|{{USRaceRating|Likely|R}}

|October 21, 2020

Results summary

class="wikitable"

|+ Summary of the November 3, 2020 Kansas Senate election results

colspan=15 align=center|File:KansasSenate2021.svg
rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Candidates

! colspan="2" | Votes

! colspan="5" | Seats

{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! %

! Before

! Up

! Won

! After

! +/–

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican

| align="right" | 39

| align="right" | 817,169

| align="right" | 63.11%

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | {{steady}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic

| align="right" | 30

| align="right" | 477,582

| align="right" | 36.89%

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | {{steady}}

colspan="3" align="left" | Total

| align="right" | 1,294,751

| align="right" | 100.0%

| align="right" | 40

| align="right" | 40

| align="right" | 40

| align="right" | 40

| align="right" | {{steady}}

colspan="10"| Source:{{cite web |title=Kansas Elections Results |url=https://elections.ap.org/dailykos/results/2020-11-03/state/KS |website=Associated Press }}{{cite web |title=2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals |url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/20elec/2020_General_Official_Vote_Totals.pdf |website=Kansas Secretary of State |access-date=December 2, 2020}}

{{bar box

| title=Popular vote

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=550px

| barwidth=710px

| bars=

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|63.11}}

{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|36.89}}

}}

{{bar box

| title=Senate seats

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=550px

| barwidth=710px

| bars=

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|72.5}}

{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|27.5}}

}}

=Close races=

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 22, 1.2%
  2. District 3, 2.04%
  3. District 19, 2.42% (flip)
  4. District 10, 3.72%
  5. District 30, 4.22%
  6. District 9, 4.52%
  7. District 11, 5.36%
  8. District 5, 6.04% (flip)
  9. District 23, 6.22%
  10. District 28, 8.1%
  11. District 8, 8.72% (flip)
  12. District 25, 9.18%
  13. District 21, 9.58%

Summary of results by State Senate district

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%;line-height:14px;"

! colspan="1" |State Senate district{{cite web |title=Kansas State Senate elections, 2020 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kansas_State_Senate_elections,_2020 |website=Ballotpedia }}

! class="unsortable" |Incumbent

! colspan="2" |Party

! class="unsortable" |Elected Senator

! colspan="2" |Party

Kansas 1

|Dennis Pyle

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Dennis Pyle

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 2

|Marci Francisco

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Marci Francisco

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 3

|Tom Holland

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Tom Holland

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 4

|David Haley

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|David Haley

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 5

|Kevin Braun

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Jeff Pittman

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 6

|Pat Pettey

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Pat Pettey

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 7

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Barbara Bollier

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Ethan Corson

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 8

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Jim Denning

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Cindy Holscher

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 9

|Julia Lynn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Beverly Gossage

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 10

|Mike Thompson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Mike Thompson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 11

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|John Skubal*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Kellie Warren

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 12

|Caryn Tyson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Caryn Tyson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 13

|Richard Hilderbrand

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Richard Hilderbrand

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 14

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Bruce Givens*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Michael Fagg

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 15

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Dan Goddard*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Virgil Peck Jr.

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 16

|Ty Masterson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Ty Masterson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 17

|Jeff Longbine

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Jeff Longbine

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 18

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Vic Miller

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Kristen O'Shea

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 19

|Anthony Hensley

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Rick Kloos

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 20

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Eric Rucker*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Brenda Dietrich

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 21

|Dinah Sykes

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Dinah Sykes

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 22

|Tom Hawk

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Tom Hawk

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 23

|Robert S. Olson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Robert S. Olson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 24

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Randall Hardy*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|J. R. Claeys

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 25

|Mary Ware

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Mary Ware

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 26

|Dan Kerschen

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Dan Kerschen

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 27

|Gene Suellentrop

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Gene Suellentrop

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 28

|Mike Petersen

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Mike Petersen

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 29

|Oletha Faust-Goudeau

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

|Oletha Faust-Goudeau

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|Dem

Kansas 30

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Susan Wagle

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Renee Erickson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 31

|Carolyn McGinn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Carolyn McGinn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 32

|Larry Alley

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Larry Alley

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 33

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Mary Jo Taylor*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Alicia Straub

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 34

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Ed Berger*

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Mark Steffen

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 35

|Rick Wilborn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Rick Wilborn

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 36

|Elaine Bowers

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Elaine Bowers

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 37

|Molly Baumgardner

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Molly Baumgardner

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 38

|Bud Estes

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Bud Estes

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 39

|John Doll

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|John Doll

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

Kansas 40

|Rick Billinger

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

|Rick Billinger

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|Rep

References

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{{2020 United States elections}}

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