1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 2
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Jane M. Eldredge (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Arnold Berman (D) by 11.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jane M. EldredgeRepublican · winner
55.5%13,918
Arnold BermanDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%11,141
25,059 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