1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1980 election for Kansas Senate District 21

Kansas State Senate · Kansas

Don Montgomery (R) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Larry Rogers (D) by 17.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Don MontgomeryRepublican · winner
58.6%14,734
Larry RogersDemocrat · incumbent
41.4%10,412
25,146 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

EvenR+17.21980R+29.91984R+15.11988R+0.21992R+41.12000R+58.32008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET