1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Kansas Senate District 12
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Robert Tyson (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Doug Walker (D) by 5.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert TysonRepublican · winner
52.8%14,574
Doug WalkerDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%13,031
27,605 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