1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Kansas House District 86
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Eric Yost (R) won with 58.4% of the vote, defeating Gerald Caywood (D) by 16.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Eric YostRepublican · winner
58.4%2,814
Gerald CaywoodDemocrat · incumbent
41.6%2,001
4,815 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET