1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for Kansas Senate District 40
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Sheila Frahm (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating John N. Sears (D) by 9.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Sheila FrahmRepublican · winner
54.9%13,227
John N. SearsDemocrat
45.1%10,851
24,078 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)