1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas House District 12
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
George Teagarden (D) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating James Cubit (R) by 17.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
George TeagardenDemocrat · winner
58.9%4,929
James CubitRepublican · incumbent
41.1%3,443
8,372 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET