1980Final results
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 15
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Dan Thiessen (R) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Gene Garman (D) by 36.8 points.
Dan ThiessenRepublican · winner
68.4%14,704
Gene GarmanDemocrat
31.6%6,793
21,497 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