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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Kansas State Senate election results, district by district

Every Kansas State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 16 · R 24
Races40
Changed party7
Unopposed15%6 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 16 · R 24

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1John E. Chandler (R)5.5
SD-2Jane M. Eldredge (R)11.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-3Edward F. Reilly Jr. (R)43.7
SD-4Tom Rehorn (D)Unopposed
SD-5William Mulich (D)8.5
SD-6Jack Steineger (D)21.4
SD-7Norman E. Gaar (R)39.1
SD-8Jan Meyers (R)56.8
SD-9Paul Burke (R)40.3
SD-10August Gus Bogina Jr. (R)13.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-11Jim Allen (R)12.7
SD-12Robert V. Talkington (R)29.3
SD-13Ed Roitz (R)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-14Mike Johnston (D)5.1
SD-15Dan Thiessen (R)36.8
SD-16Frank D. Gaines (D)Unopposed
SD-17Gerald Karr (D)2.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18Elwaine F. Pomeroy (R)28.4
SD-19Nancy Parrish (D)41.7
SD-20Ron Hein (R)30.7
SD-21Don Montgomery (R)17.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-22Merrill Werts (R)11.6
SD-23Ross O. Doyen (R)41.4
SD-24Ben Vidricksen (R)29.6
SD-25Joseph C. Harder (R)37.3
SD-26James L. Francisco (D)Unopposed
SD-27Bill Morris (R)29.0
SD-28Paul Feleciano Jr. (D)5.8
SD-29Billy Q. McCray (D)Unopposed
SD-30Paul Hess (R)41.6
SD-31Norma Daniels (D)0.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-32Joe Warren (D)Unopposed
SD-33Fred Kerr (R)Unopposed
SD-34Bert Chaney (D)20.2
SD-35Roy M. Ehrlich (R)20.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-36Neil H. Arasmith (R)51.4
SD-37Joseph F. Norvell (D)9.9
SD-38Charlie Angell (R)22.3
SD-39Leroy A. Hayden (D)18.8
SD-40Richard G. Gannon (D)10.1

Kansas State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner