2016 Kansas Senate election

none June 2026 2016 Kansas Senate election Kansas Legislative Popular No 2012 Kansas Senate election 2012 2020 Kansas Senate election 2020 All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate 21 November 8, 2016 150x150px File:Susan Wagle.jpg Susan Wagle Republican Party (United States) January 14, 2012 District 30 32 31 1 657,057 57.56% File:3x4.svg Anthony Hensley Democratic Party (United States) January 8, 1996 District 19 8 9 1 476,683 41.76% President of the Senate Susan Wagle Republican Party (United States) Susan Wagle Republican Party (United States) The 2016 Kansas Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Kansas Senate for the following four years in the 87th and 88th Kansas state Legislature. All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate were up for election and the primary was held on August 2, 2016. Prior to the election, 32 seats were held by Republicans and 8 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Democrats flipping a single seat, however Republicans retained their majority in the State Senate.https://ballotpedia.org/Kansas_State_Senate_elections,_2016 Kansas State Senate elections, 2016 ballotpedia.org December 5, 2025 Predictions SourceRankingAs of GoverningCournoyer Caroline October 12, 2016 November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-2016-legislative-handicapping-october.html December 5, 2025 Governing en | Likely R October 12, 2016 Retirements Republicans District 7: Kay Wolf retired. District 15: Jeff King retired. District 25: Michael O'Donnell retired. District 27: Leslie Donovan retired. District 32: Steve Abrams retired. District 33: Mitch Holmes retired. District 38: Garrett Love retired. District 40: Ralph Ostmeyer retired. Incumbents defeated In primary Republicans District 11: Jeff Melcher lost renomination to John Skubal. District 14: Forrest Knox lost renomination to Bruce Givens. District 21: Greg Smith lost renomination to Dinah Sykes. District 24: Tom Arpke lost renomination to Randall Hardy. District 34: Terry Bruce lost renomination to Ed Berger. District 39: Larry Powell lost renomination to John Doll. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: red District 5, 1.94% red District 10, 2.62% red District 28, 2.92% blue District 3, 3.06% blue District 18, 3.20% red District 8, 5.56% red District 21, 7.94% red District 7, 8.60% Results District 1 District 1 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Dennis Pyle (incumbent) 18,283 59.30% Democratic Party (United States) Jerry Henry 13,076 41.70% 31,359 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 2 District 2 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Marci Francisco (incumbent) 24,147 66.11% Republican Party (United States) Meredith Richey 12,378 33.89% 36,525 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 3 District 3 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Holland (incumbent) 17,214 51.53% Republican Party (United States) Echo Van Meteren 16,189 48.47% 33,403 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) David Haley (incumbent) 17,090 100.0% 17,090 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 5 District 5 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Steve Fitzgerald (incumbent) 13,336 50.97% Democratic Party (United States) Bill Hutton 12,828 49.03% 26,164 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Pat Pettey (incumbent) 12,640 70.80% Libertarian Party (United States) Jason Conley 5,213 29.20% 17,853 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 7 District 7 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Barbara Bollier 22,439 54.30% Democratic Party (United States) Megan England 18,884 45.70% 41,323 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Jim Denning (incumbent) 19,847 52.78% Democratic Party (United States) Don McGuire 17,758 47.22% 37,605 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 9 District 9 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Julia Lynn (incumbent) 20,574 60.01% Democratic Party (United States) Chris Morrow 13,708 39.99% 34,282 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Mary Pilcher-Cook (incumbent) 18,673 51.31% Democratic Party (United States) Vicki Hiatt 17,722 48.69% 36,395 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 11 District 11 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) John Skubal 25,992 65.02% Democratic Party (United States) Skip Fannen 13,983 34.98% 39,975 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Caryn Tyson (incumbent) 18,998 73.31% Democratic Party (United States) Christopher Johnston 6,918 26.69% 25,916 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 13 District 13 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Jake LaTurner (incumbent) 15,737 56.15% Democratic Party (United States) Lynn Grant 12,291 43.85% 28,028 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Bruce Givens 20,452 72.64% Democratic Party (United States) Mark Pringle 7,702 27.36% 28,154 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 15 District 15 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Dan Goddard 15,511 60.89% Democratic Party (United States) Chuck Schmidt 9,963 39.11% 25,474 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Ty Masterson (incumbent) 20,980 64.66% Democratic Party (United States) Gabriel Costilla 11,467 35.34% 32,447 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 17 District 17 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Jeff Longbine (incumbent) 13,161 59.00% Democratic Party (United States) Susan Fowler 9,147 41.00% 22,308 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Laura Kelly (incumbent) 15,007 51.60% Republican Party (United States) Dave Jackson 14,076 48.40% 29,083 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Anthony Hensley (incumbent) 16,181 57.28% Republican Party (United States) Zach Haney 12,068 42.72% 28,249 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Vicki Schmidt (incumbent) 22,216 65.36% Democratic Party (United States) Candace Ayars 11,775 34.64% 33,991 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 21 District 21 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Dinah Sykes 18,149 50.34% Democratic Party (United States) Logan Heley 15,287 42.40% Libertarian Party (United States) Michael Kerner 2,617 7.26% 36,053 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Hawk (incumbent) 20,849 100.0% 20,849 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 23 District 23 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Robert S. Olson (incumbent) 19,277 60.57% Democratic Party (United States) Spencer Kerfoot 12,551 39.43% 31,828 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Randall Hardy 16,195 59.06% Democratic Party (United States) Donald Merriman 11,228 40.94% 27,423 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 25 District 25 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Lynn Rogers 11,704 58.49% Republican Party (United States) Jim Price 8,308 41.51% 20,012 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Dan Kerschen (incumbent) 20,274 69.47% Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Poteete 8,911 30.53% 29,185 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 27 District 27 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Gene Suellentrop 22,252 66.50% Democratic Party (United States) Tony Hunter 11,209 33.50% 33,461 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Mike Petersen (incumbent) 9,915 51.46% Democratic Party (United States) Keith Humphrey 9,353 48.54% 19,268 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 29 District 29 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Oletha Faust-Goudeau (incumbent) 14,511 100.0% 14,511 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Susan Wagle (incumbent) 16,636 58.53% Democratic Party (United States) Anabel Larumbe 11,786 41.47% 28,422 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 31 District 31 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 23,463 74.51% Democratic Party (United States) J. Michelle Vann 8,026 25.49% 31,489 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Larry Alley 16,221 62.23% Democratic Party (United States) Don Shimkus 9,844 37.77% 26,065 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 33 District 33 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Mary Jo Taylor 21,114 76.55% Democratic Party (United States) Matt Bristow 6,467 23.45% 27,581 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 34 District 34 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Ed Berger 21,559 82.21% Democratic Party (United States) Homer Gilson 4,664 17.79% 26,223 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 35 District 35 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Rick Wilborn (incumbent) 21,271 71.36% Democratic Party (United States) Levi Morris 8,538 28.64% 29,809 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 36 District 36 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Elaine Bowers (incumbent) 26,816 85.12% Democratic Party (United States) Brian Angevine 4,686 14.88% 31,502 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 37 District 37 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Molly Baumgardner (incumbent) 24,965 68.07% Democratic Party (United States) Kevin King 11,709 31.93% 36,674 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 38 District 38 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Bud Estes 12,884 75.73% Democratic Party (United States) Miguel Angel Rodriguez 4,130 24.27% 17,014 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 39 District 39 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) John Doll 12,884 79.02% Democratic Party (United States) A. Zacheriah Worf 3,421 20.98% 16,305 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 40 District 40 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Rick Billinger 23,964 74.26% Democratic Party (United States) Alex Herman 8,308 25.74% 32,272 100.0% Republican Party (United States) References Category:2016 elections in Kansas Category:Kansas Senate elections Category:November 2016 in the United States Category:2016 state legislature elections in the United States