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1974 election for Kansas House District 118

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Arnold Anderson (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Rod Bentley (R) by 11.4 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Arnold AndersonDemocrat · winner
55.7%3,685
Rod BentleyRepublican
44.3%2,929
6,614 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+0.31972D+11.41974D+9.11976R+1.11978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)