1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Kansas Senate District 38
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Janice McClure (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Robert Frey (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Janice McClureDemocrat · winner
53.7%11,468
Robert FreyRepublican · incumbent
46.3%9,901
21,369 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