1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Kansas Senate District 12
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Doug Walker (D) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Denise Apt (R) by 14.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Doug WalkerDemocrat · winner
57.2%13,670
Denise AptRepublican
42.8%10,215
23,885 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