1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Kansas Senate District 35
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Roy M. Ehrlich (R) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Jack W. Janssen (D) by 20.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Roy M. EhrlichRepublican · winner
60.2%14,125
Jack W. JanssenDemocrat · incumbent
39.8%9,324
23,449 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