1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Kansas House District 71
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Eloise Lynch (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Bob B. Ott (R) by 7.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Eloise LynchDemocrat · winner
53.5%4,405
Bob B. OttRepublican · incumbent
46.5%3,823
8,228 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET