1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Kansas Senate District 14
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Cale Hudson (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating William A. Dearth (D) by 0.6 points.
Cale HudsonRepublican · winner
50.3%11,192
William A. DearthDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%11,062
22,254 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET