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1996Final results

1996 election for Kansas Senate District 18

Kansas State Senate · Kansas

Marge Petty (D) won with 61.5% of the vote, defeating Greg T. Debacker (R) by 23.0 points.

Marge PettyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.5%15,719
38.5%9,842
25,561 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

EvenR+4.41984D+5.21988D+15.81992D+23.01996R+0.92000D+0.32004

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