1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Kansas House District 116
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Kathryn Sughrue (D) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Wayne E. Gilbert (R) by 20.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kathryn SughrueDemocrat · winner
60.3%4,556
Wayne E. GilbertRepublican
39.7%3,003
7,559 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET