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Kansas State Senate District 19

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Kansas State Senate District 19
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 13, 2025

Kansas State Senate District 19 is represented by Patrick Schmidt (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Kansas state senators represented an average of 73,522 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 71,595 residents.

About the chamber

Members of the Kansas State Senate serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Kansas legislators assume office the second Monday of January after their election.[1]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Section 4 of Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution states, "During the time that any person is a candidate for nomination or election to the legislature and during the term of each legislator, such candidate or legislator shall be and remain a qualified elector who resides in his or her district."[2]


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[3]
SalaryPer diem
$86.66/session day$166/day

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Kansas State Legislature, the governor is responsible for appointing a replacement, and a special election is held if the vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the officeholder's term. If the vacancy occurs after or on May 1 of the officeholder's second year, the governor is responsible for appointing a replacement, and that person serves out the rest of the term.[4][5][6]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Kansas Stat. Ann. §25-3903 and Kansas Stat. Ann. §25-312


District map

Redistricting

2020 redistricting cycle

See also: Redistricting in Kansas after the 2020 census

Kansas enacted legislative district boundaries on May 18, 2022, when the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld the validity of the legislative districts that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed into law on April 15, 2022.[7][8] Both chambers of the legislature passed the redistricting legislation on March 30, 2022, after a joint House-Senate conference committee had developed it.[9] The Kansas House of Representatives approved the legislative boundaries, 83-40, and the State Senate approved them, 29-11.[9]After Kelly signed the maps, Andrew Bahl and Rafael Garcia of the Topeka Capital-Journal wrote, "The state Senate and House maps were mildly contested in the Legislature, particularly in the Senate where the map will create a fourth, Democrat-leaning district in Topeka and Lawrence."[10]

How does redistricting in Kansas work? In Kansas, the state legislature draws both congressional and state legislative district lines. Redistricting plans are subject to veto by the governor. State legislative district maps must be submitted for final approval to the Kansas Supreme Court, which must determine whether the maps are constitutional. If the court rules that the maps violate the law, the state legislature may attempt to draw the lines again. There are no such provisions in place for congressional redistricting.[11]

In 2002, Kansas adopted guidelines for congressional and state legislative redistricting. These guidelines ask that "both congressional and state legislative districts be contiguous, as compact as possible, and recognize and consider communities of common 'social, cultural, racial, ethnic, and economic' interests." In addition, these guidelines stipulate that state legislative districts should "preserve existing political subdivisions and avoid contests between incumbents to the extent possible." Congressional districts should "preserve whole counties and maintain the core of existing districts where possible." The state legislature may amend these guidelines at its discretion.[11]

Kansas State Senate District 19
until January 12, 2025

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Kansas State Senate District 19
starting January 13, 2025

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Elections

2024

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kansas State Senate District 19

Patrick Schmidt defeated Tyler Wible in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 19 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Patrick Schmidt
Patrick Schmidt (D)
 
64.6
 
16,784
Tyler Wible (R)
 
35.4
 
9,216

Total votes: 26,000
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 19

Patrick Schmidt defeated Vic Miller and ShaMecha King Simms in the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 19 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Patrick Schmidt
Patrick Schmidt
 
53.0
 
2,591
Image of Vic Miller
Vic Miller
 
34.4
 
1,681
ShaMecha King Simms
 
12.6
 
616

Total votes: 4,888
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 19

Tyler Wible defeated Cynthia Smith in the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 19 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tyler Wible
 
61.4
 
1,499
Cynthia Smith
 
38.6
 
941

Total votes: 2,440
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2020

General election

General election for Kansas State Senate District 19

Rick Kloos defeated incumbent Anthony Hensley in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Kloos
Rick Kloos (R)
 
51.0
 
16,141
Image of Anthony Hensley
Anthony Hensley (D)
 
49.0
 
15,483

Total votes: 31,624
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 19

Incumbent Anthony Hensley advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 19 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Anthony Hensley
Anthony Hensley
 
100.0
 
5,269

Total votes: 5,269
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 19

Rick Kloos advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 19 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Kloos
Rick Kloos
 
100.0
 
6,758

Total votes: 6,758
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2016

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Kansas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Anthony Hensley defeated Zach Haney in the Kansas State Senate District 19 general election.[12][13]

Kansas State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Hensley Incumbent 57.28% 16,181
     Republican Zach Haney 42.72% 12,068
Total Votes 28,249
Source: Kansas Secretary of State


Incumbent Anthony Hensley ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 19 Democratic primary.[14][15]

Kansas State Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Hensley Incumbent (unopposed)


Zach Haney ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 19 Republican primary.[14][15]

Kansas State Senate, District 19 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Haney  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Kansas State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 7, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 11, 2012. Incumbent Anthony Hensley (D) defeated Casey W. Moore (R) in the general election and was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Moore defeated Matthew F. Windheuser in the Republican primary on.[16][17]

Kansas State Senate, District 19, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Hensley Incumbent 58.5% 16,543
     Republican Casey W. Moore 41.5% 11,756
Total Votes 28,299
Kansas State Senate, District 19 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCasey W. Moore 81.3% 4,238
Matthew F. Windheuser 18.8% 978
Total Votes 5,216

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Kansas State Senate District 19 raised a total of $1,205,239. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $52,402 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, Kansas State Senate District 19
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $306,698 5 $61,340
2020 $195,772 2 $97,886
2016 $153,646 2 $76,823
2012 $205,254 3 $68,418
2010 $10,050 1 $10,050
2008 $147,600 2 $73,800
2006 $13,425 1 $13,425
2004 $105,173 4 $26,293
2002 $1,950 1 $1,950
2000 $65,671 2 $32,836
Total $1,205,239 23 $52,402


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Kansas Constitution, "Article Two, Section 2", accessed February 9, 2021
  2. Kansas Bar Association, "The Constitution," accessed May 21, 2025
  3. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  4. Kansas Legislature, "2022 Statute," accessed August 9, 2023 (Statute 25-3903, Kansas Statutes)
  5. Kansas Legislature, "2022 Statute," accessed August 9, 2023 (Statute 25-312, Kansas Statutes)
  6. Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "25-321. Vacancy in state senate and house of representatives; tenure of office of person appointed to fill vacancy," accessed February 2, 2024
  7. Kansas Supreme Court, "In the Matter of the Petition of DEREK SCHMIDT, Attorney General, to Determine the Validity of Substitute for Senate Bill 563," May 18, 2022
  8. Kansas, Office of the Governor, "Governor Laura Kelly Signs Redistricting Maps for State House, Senate, Board of Education," April 15, 2022
  9. 9.0 9.1 Kansas Legislature, "Sub SB563," accessed April 19, 2022
  10. Topeka Capital-Journal, "Kansas governor signs new legislative, board of education maps, with legal challenge possible," April 16, 2022
  11. 11.0 11.1 All About Redistricting, "Kansas," accessed April 28, 2015
  12. Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
  13. Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
  14. 14.0 14.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
  15. 15.0 15.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
  16. Kansas Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed October 17, 2013
  17. Kansas Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General Election Results," accessed October 17, 2013


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