Kansas's 6th Senate district

Kansas's 6th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Pat Pettey since 2013, following her defeat of Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Steineger.^[2]

Kansas's 6th State Senate district
Senator	Pat Pettey D–Kansas City
Demographics	48% White 10% Black 34% Hispanic 4% Asian 3% Other
Population (2018)	70,089[1]

Geography

District 6 is based in southern Kansas City in Wyandotte County and Johnson County, also covering parts of Edwardsville, Merriam, and Overland Park.^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 24th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 36th, and 37th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[4] It borders the state of Missouri, located directly to the west of that state's Kansas City.^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 6^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Pettey (incumbent)	14,533	64.4
	Republican	Diana Whittington	8,050	35.6
Total votes			22,853	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 6^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Pettey (incumbent)	12,640	70.8
	Libertarian	Jason Conley	5,213	29.2
Total votes			17,853	100
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 6^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Pettey	1,842	72.6
	Democratic	Mario Escobar	695	27.4
Total votes			2,537	100
General election
	Democratic	Pat Pettey	11,637	62.1
	Republican	Chris Steineger (incumbent)	7,106	37.9
Total votes			18,743	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6][7]
2020	President	Biden 61.9 – 35.8%
2018	Governor	Kelly 64.1 – 27.4%
2016	President	Clinton 56.9 – 36.1%
2012	President	Obama 61.6 – 35.8%