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2000Final results

2000 election for Kansas House District 81

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Ted Powers (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Kara E. Belew (D) by 7.1 points.

Ted PowersRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.5%3,876
46.5%3,365
7,241 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+4.51992R+16.31994R+33.91996R+7.12000R+25.82002R+32.82004

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