1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Kansas Senate District 1
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
John E. Chandler (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Dan Bromley (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John E. ChandlerRepublican · winner
50.1%11,200
Dan BromleyDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%11,163
22,363 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