1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 31
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Norma Daniels (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Wes Sowers (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Norma DanielsDemocrat · winner
50.4%11,553
Wes SowersRepublican · incumbent
49.6%11,387
22,940 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