1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Kansas House District 85
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Tony Powell (R) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Richard Lahti (D) by 15.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tony PowellRepublican · winner
57.8%4,295
Richard LahtiDemocrat · incumbent
42.2%3,133
7,428 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET