1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Kansas House District 27
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
John L. Hodges (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Mike Oconnor (D) by 12.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John L. HodgesRepublican · winner
56.4%4,034
Mike OconnorDemocrat
43.6%3,114
7,148 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)