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1978Final results

1978 election for Kansas House District 9

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Rochelle Beach Chronister (R) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Geo C. Hyde (D) by 17.9 points.

Rochelle Beach ChronisterRepublican · winner
59.0%3,042
Geo C. HydeDemocrat
41.0%2,118
5,160 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

EvenR+11.21972R+21.01974R+17.91978R+44.51982R+44.11988R+1.51990

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