1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Kansas House District 1
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Doug Gatewood (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Wayne Stith (R) by 13.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Doug GatewoodDemocrat · winner
56.6%3,473
Wayne StithRepublican
43.4%2,666
6,139 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET