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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Kansas State Senate election results, district by district

Every Kansas State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 13 · R 27
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed15%6 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 13 · R 27

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Dan Bromley (D)0.8
SD-2Arden Booth (R)9.4
SD-3Edward F. Reilly Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-4George D. Bell (D)37.6
SD-5William Mulich (D)30.9
SD-6Jack Steineger (D)22.4
SD-7Norman E. Gaar (R)Unopposed
SD-8Jan Meyers (R)33.7
SD-9Robert F. Bennett (R)27.3
SD-10D. Wayne Zimmerman (R)25.3
SD-11Wint Winter (R)25.3
SD-12Robert V. Talkington (R)18.1
SD-13T. D. Saar Jr. (D)0.6
SD-14Cale Hudson (R)0.6Incumbent lost
SD-15John F. Vermillion (R)10.2
SD-16Frank D. Gaines (D)4.7
SD-17John Crofoot (R)24.3
SD-18Elwaine F. Pomeroy (R)14.2
SD-19Tom West (R)9.3
SD-20Bob Storey (R)3.3
SD-21Leslie A. Droge (R)Unopposed
SD-22Richard D. Rogers (R)Unopposed
SD-23Ross O. Doyen (R)21.8
SD-24John M. Simpson (R)18.0
SD-25Joseph C. Harder (R)Unopposed
SD-26James L. Francisco (D)15.2
SD-27Vincent E. Moore (R)17.1
SD-28Robert B. Madden (D)9.4
SD-29Billy Q. McCray (D)45.3
SD-30Paul Hess (R)11.9
SD-31Wes Sowers (R)23.5
SD-32Joe Warren (D)Unopposed
SD-33Richard J. Williams (R)13.3
SD-34Bert Chaney (D)19.7Incumbent lost
SD-35Jack W. Janssen (D)27.7
SD-36Neil H. Arasmith (R)19.9
SD-37C. L. D. V. M. Wilson (D)6.2
SD-38Charlie Angell (R)1.9Incumbent lost
SD-39Don Christy (R)30.4
SD-40J. C. Tillotson (R)5.9

Kansas State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner