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1976Final results

1976 election for Kansas House District 54

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Bill Bunten (R) won re-election with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Rich Benson (D) by 5.9 points.

Bill BuntenRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.0%4,422
Rich BensonDemocrat
47.0%3,927
8,349 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

EvenR+25.41972R+11.11974R+5.91976R+35.01978R+25.41980

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