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1976Final results

1976 election for Kansas House District 73

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

John Carlin (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Randy Rathbun (R) by 5.7 points.

John CarlinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.8%3,503
Randy RathbunRepublican
47.2%3,128
6,631 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

EvenD+5.71976R+23.61978D+3.81980R+21.11982R+32.51984R+27.51988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET