1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 10
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
August Gus Bogina Jr. (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Frank Smith (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
August Gus Bogina Jr.Republican · winner
56.7%14,571
Frank SmithDemocrat · incumbent
43.3%11,110
25,681 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