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1990Final results

1990 election for Kansas House District 48

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Joan Adam (D) won with 64.5% of the vote, defeating John W. Bowman Jr. (R) by 29.0 points.

Joan AdamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.5%3,667
35.5%2,017
5,684 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenR+25.71976R+32.61980D+4.01982D+29.01990D+25.61992R+37.42004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET