Kansas's 9th Senate district

Kansas's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It was represented by Republican Beverly Gossage since 2021.^[2]

Kansas's 9th State Senate district
Senator	Beverly Gossage R–Eudora
Demographics	79% White 5% Black 11% Hispanic 3% Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	79,805[1]

Geography

District 9 covers central and northwestern Johnson County in the suburbs of Kansas City, including all of De Soto and parts of Olathe, Lenexa, and Gardner.^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 15th, 26th, 30th, 38th, 43rd, 49th, and 121st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[4]

Recent election results

2020

After winning the Republican primary unopposed, incumbent Julia Lynn dropped her 2020 bid for re-election citing her sister's health, and was replaced on the Republican line by Beverly Gossage.^[5]

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 9^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beverly Gossage	22,450	52.2
	Democratic	Stacey Knoell	20,550	47.8
Total votes			43,000	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 9^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julia Lynn (incumbent)	20,574	60.0
	Democratic	Chris Morrow	13,708	40.0
Total votes			34,282	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 9^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julia Lynn (incumbent)	19,346	63.8
	Democratic	Merlin Ring	10,957	36.2
Total votes			30,303	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Trump 50 – 47.5%
2018	Governor	Kelly 49.7 – 41.8%
2016	President	Trump 52.7 – 39.5%
2012	President	Romney 60.1 – 37.6%