1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Kansas Senate District 2
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Arnold Berman (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Arden Booth (R) by 5.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Arnold BermanDemocrat · winner
52.5%14,380
Arden BoothRepublican · incumbent
47.5%13,005
27,404 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