Kansas's 35th Senate district

Kansas's 35th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Rick Wilborn since a 2014 special election.^[2]

Kansas's 35th State Senate district
Senator	Rick Wilborn R–McPherson
Demographics	90% White 1% Black 5% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	68,253[1]

Geography

District 35 covers the rural geographical center of the state to the north of Wichita, including all of Chase, Ellsworth, Marion, McPherson, and Morris Counties and parts of Dickinson and Rice Counties. Communities in the district include McPherson, Hillsboro, Ellsworth, Lyons, Lindsborg, Sterling, Marion, Council Grove, Herington, and Moundridge.^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 68th, 70th, 73rd, 74th, 108th, 113th, and 114th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 35^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Wilborn (incumbent)	28,779	100
Total votes			28,779	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 35^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Wilborn (incumbent)	21,271	71.4
	Democratic	Levi Morris	8,538	28.6
Total votes			29,809	100
	Republican hold

2014 special

2014 Kansas Senate special election, District 35^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Wilborn	3,949	40.1
	Republican	Donald Hobson	2,851	28.9
	Republican	Marshall Christmann	1,646	16.7
	Republican	James Toews	884	8.9
	Republican	Nick Reinecker	517	5.2
Total votes			9,847	100
General election
	Republican	Rick Wilborn	20,149	100
Total votes			20,149	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 35^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Emler (incumbent)	6,435	73.3
	Republican	Jesse Bryant	2,346	26.7
Total votes			8,781	100
General election
	Republican	Jay Emler (incumbent)	21,063	76.7
	Libertarian	Jesse Bryant	6,381	23.3
Total votes			27,444	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6][7]
2020	President	Trump 71.9 – 25.8%
2018	Governor	Kobach 52.0 – 37.6%
2016	President	Trump 70.2 – 23.0%
2012	President	Romney 70.4 – 27.1%