1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Kansas House District 66
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Jeff Peterson (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Sheila Hochhauser (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jeff PetersonRepublican · winner
55.6%4,328
Sheila HochhauserDemocrat · incumbent
44.4%3,450
7,778 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET