1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for Kansas Senate District 5
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Mark S. Gilstrap (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Jill Jenkins Grant (R) by 5.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mark S. GilstrapDemocrat · winner
52.5%13,100
Jill Jenkins GrantRepublican
47.5%11,840
24,940 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