1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Kansas Senate District 18
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Marge Petty (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Jeanne Hoferer (R) by 5.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Marge PettyDemocrat · winner
52.6%11,227
Jeanne HofererRepublican · incumbent
47.4%10,117
21,344 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