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1974Final results

1974 election for Kansas House District 54

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Bill Bunten (R) won re-election with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Rich Benson (D) by 11.1 points.

Bill BuntenRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.6%4,108
Rich BensonDemocrat
44.4%3,286
7,394 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+25.41972R+11.11974R+5.91976R+35.01978

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