1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Kansas Senate District 10
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Frank Smith (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating D. Wayne Zimmerman (R) by 1.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Frank SmithDemocrat · winner
50.8%12,817
D. Wayne ZimmermanRepublican · incumbent
49.2%12,428
25,245 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