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This page displays election information for the Kansas State Senate.

Elections

Kansas state senators serve four-year terms, with the whole chamber up for election every four years. Kansas holds elections for its legislature in even years.

2024

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2024

Elections for the Kansas State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 6, 2024. The filing deadline was June 3, 2024.

In the 2024 elections, the Republicans increased their majority from 29-11 to 31-9.

Kansas State Senate
Party As of November 5, 2024 After November 6, 2024
     Democratic Party 11 9
     Republican Party 29 31
Total 40 40

2020

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2020

Elections for the office of Kansas State Senate took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 4, 2020. The filing deadline was June 1, 2020.

In the 2020 elections, there was no change in the partisan balance of the Kansas State Senate.

Kansas State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 11 11
     Republican Party 29 29
Total 40 40

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. All 40 seats in the Kansas State Senate were up for election in 2016.

Heading into the election, Republicans held a 32-8 majority. Republicans lost one seat in the election, giving them a 31-9 majority.

Kansas State Senate
Party As of November 7, 2016 After November 8, 2016
     Democratic Party 8 9
     Republican Party 32 31
Total 40 40


Historical party control

Republicans won control of the Kansas State Senate in 1916. In 2024, they won a 29-11 majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Kansas Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2024. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Kansas State Senate election results: 1992-2024

Party 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24
Democrats 14 13 10 10 9 9 9 11 9
Republicans 26 27 30 30 31 31 31 29 31

Trifecta history

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Between 1992 and 2023, Kansas was under the following types of trifecta control:

  • Democratic trifecta: None
  • Republican trifecta: 1995-2002, 2011-2018
  • Divided government: 1992-1994, 2003-2010, 2019-2023

Kansas Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas  •  Sixteen years of Republican trifectas

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Footnotes

  1. ↑ fec.gov, "2012 Primary Dates and Candidate Filing Deadlines," accessed August 19, 2014
  2. ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2008 Candidates," accessed August 23, 2013
  3. ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2004 Candidates," accessed August 23, 2013
  4. ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2000 Candidates," accessed August 23, 2013
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