1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas House District 81
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Kent A. Ott (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Geneva J. Anderson (D) by 6.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Kent A. OttRepublican · winner
53.4%3,694
Geneva J. AndersonDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%3,221
6,915 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)