1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Kansas House District 80
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Paul Hess (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Laurence S. Holmes (D) by 13.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul HessRepublican · winner
56.9%2,514
Laurence S. HolmesDemocrat · incumbent
43.1%1,904
4,418 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET