2020 Kansas Senate election

See also: 2020 Kansas elections

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.

2020 Kansas Senate election

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All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Susan Wagle (retired) Anthony Hensley (lost re-election) Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 30th District 19th district Seats before 29 11 Seats after 29 11 Seat change Popular vote 817,169 477,582 Percentage 63.11% 36.89%
Results:      Republican hold      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Democratic gain
President of the Senate before election Susan Wagle Republican Elected President of the Senate Ty Masterson Republican

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

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

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Kansas Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	39	817,169	63.11%	29	29	29	29
	Democratic	30	477,582	36.89%	11	11	11	11
Total			1,294,751	100.0%	40	40	40	40
Source:[2][3]

Popular vote Republican   63.11% Democratic   36.89%

Senate seats Republican   72.5% Democratic   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

State Senate district[4]	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Kansas 1	Dennis Pyle		Rep	Dennis Pyle		Rep
Kansas 2	Marci Francisco		Dem	Marci Francisco		Dem
Kansas 3	Tom Holland		Dem	Tom Holland		Dem
Kansas 4	David Haley		Dem	David Haley		Dem
Kansas 5	Kevin Braun		Rep	Jeff Pittman		Dem
Kansas 6	Pat Pettey		Dem	Pat Pettey		Dem
Kansas 7	Barbara Bollier		Dem	Ethan Corson		Dem
Kansas 8	Jim Denning		Rep	Cindy Holscher		Dem
Kansas 9	Julia Lynn		Rep	Beverly Gossage		Rep
Kansas 10	Mike Thompson		Rep	Mike Thompson		Rep
Kansas 11	John Skubal*		Rep	Kellie Warren		Rep
Kansas 12	Caryn Tyson		Rep	Caryn Tyson		Rep
Kansas 13	Richard Hilderbrand		Rep	Richard Hilderbrand		Rep
Kansas 14	Bruce Givens*		Rep	Michael Fagg		Rep
Kansas 15	Dan Goddard*		Rep	Virgil Peck Jr.		Rep
Kansas 16	Ty Masterson		Rep	Ty Masterson		Rep
Kansas 17	Jeff Longbine		Rep	Jeff Longbine		Rep
Kansas 18	Vic Miller		Dem	Kristen O'Shea		Rep
Kansas 19	Anthony Hensley		Dem	Rick Kloos		Rep
Kansas 20	Eric Rucker*		Rep	Brenda Dietrich		Rep
Kansas 21	Dinah Sykes		Dem	Dinah Sykes		Dem
Kansas 22	Tom Hawk		Dem	Tom Hawk		Dem
Kansas 23	Robert S. Olson		Rep	Robert S. Olson		Rep
Kansas 24	Randall Hardy*		Rep	J. R. Claeys		Rep
Kansas 25	Mary Ware		Dem	Mary Ware		Dem
Kansas 26	Dan Kerschen		Rep	Dan Kerschen		Rep
Kansas 27	Gene Suellentrop		Rep	Gene Suellentrop		Rep
Kansas 28	Mike Petersen		Rep	Mike Petersen		Rep
Kansas 29	Oletha Faust-Goudeau		Dem	Oletha Faust-Goudeau		Dem
Kansas 30	Susan Wagle		Rep	Renee Erickson		Rep
Kansas 31	Carolyn McGinn		Rep	Carolyn McGinn		Rep
Kansas 32	Larry Alley		Rep	Larry Alley		Rep
Kansas 33	Mary Jo Taylor*		Rep	Alicia Straub		Rep
Kansas 34	Ed Berger*		Rep	Mark Steffen		Rep
Kansas 35	Rick Wilborn		Rep	Rick Wilborn		Rep
Kansas 36	Elaine Bowers		Rep	Elaine Bowers		Rep
Kansas 37	Molly Baumgardner		Rep	Molly Baumgardner		Rep
Kansas 38	Bud Estes		Rep	Bud Estes		Rep
Kansas 39	John Doll		Rep	John Doll		Rep
Kansas 40	Rick Billinger		Rep	Rick Billinger		Rep