Kansas's 37th Senate district

Kansas's 37th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Doug Shane since 2025.

Kansas's 37th State Senate district
Senator	Doug Shane R–Louisburg
Demographics	85% White 2% Black 4% Hispanic 5% Asian 1% Native American 2% Other
Population (2018)	79,728[1]

Geography

District 37 covers in southern Johnson County and northern Miami County in the outskirts of the Kansas City suburbs, including Paola, Spring Hill, Louisburg, Edgerton, and the southern reaches of Gardner, Olathe, and Overland Park.^[2]

The district overlaps with Kansas's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 5th, 6th, 8th, 26th, 27th, 43rd, 48th, and 78th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[3] It borders the state of Missouri.^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 37^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Molly Baumgardner	30,758	65.3
	Democratic	Becca Peck	16,319	34.7
Total votes			47,077	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 37^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Molly Baumgardner	24,965	68.1
	Democratic	Kevin King	11,709	31.9
Total votes			36,674	100
	Republican hold

2014 special

2014 Kansas Senate special election, District 37^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Molly Baumgardner	4,042	59.9
	Republican	Charlotte O'Hara	2,702	40.1
Total votes			6,744	100
General election
	Republican	Molly Baumgardner	19,461	100
Total votes			19,461	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 37^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Apple (incumbent)	4,751	64.6
	Republican	Charlotte O'Hara	2,165	29.4
	Republican	Daniel Campbell	441	6.0
Total votes			7,357	100
General election
	Republican	Pat Apple (incumbent)	27,888	100
Total votes			27,888	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[5][6]
2020	President	Trump 60.5 – 37.3%
2018	Governor	Kobach 50.8 – 41.4%
2016	President	Trump 62.1 – 31.5%
2012	President	Romney 68.0 – 30.2%