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2008Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2008 election for Kansas House District 118

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Don Hineman (R) won with 69.2% of the vote, defeating Virginia B. Beamer (Oth) by 38.5 points.

Don HinemanRepublican · winner
69.2%6,112
Virginia B. BeamerOther party · incumbent
30.8%2,716
8,828 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+27.81986R+12.11990R+21.11992R+36.82000R+28.52002R+31.32004

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