1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 17
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Gerald Karr (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating John Crofoot (R) by 2.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gerald KarrDemocrat · winner
51.3%12,123
John CrofootRepublican · incumbent
48.7%11,507
23,630 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