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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 Kansas State Senate election results, district by district

Every Kansas State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 9 · R 31
Races40
Changed party3
Unopposed15%6 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 9 · R 31

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Dennis D. Pyle (R)27.2
SD-2Marci Francisco (D)25.4
SD-3Tom Holland (D)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-4David Haley (D)Unopposed
SD-5Kelly Kultala (D)4.6
SD-6Chris Steineger (D)Unopposed
SD-7David Wysong (R)8.0
SD-8Thomas C. Owens (R)7.3
SD-9Julia Lynn (R)9.9
SD-10Mary Pilcher Cook (R)10.0
SD-11John L. Vratil (R)33.0
SD-12Pat Apple (R)42.9
SD-13Bob Marshall (R)15.9Flipped
SD-14Dwayne Umbarger (R)29.5
SD-15Derek Schmidt (R)Unopposed
SD-16Ty Masterson (R)27.1
SD-17James A. Barnett (R)40.1
SD-18Laura Kelly (D)16.3
SD-19Anthony Hensley (D)29.2
SD-20Vicki L. Schmidt (R)26.8
SD-21Mark Taddiken (R)58.3
SD-22Roger P. Reitz (R)0.1
SD-23Karin S. Brownlee (R)33.4
SD-24Pete Brungardt (R)33.5
SD-25Jean Schodorf (R)25.4
SD-26Richard F. Kelsey (R)22.9
SD-27Leslie D. Donovan Sr. (R)32.9
SD-28Mike Petersen (R)8.4
SD-29Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)39.6
SD-30Susan Wagle (R)15.8
SD-31Carolyn McGinn (R)43.2
SD-32Steve E. Abrams (R)7.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-33Ruth Teichman (R)Unopposed
SD-34Terry Bruce (R)22.3
SD-35Jay Emler (R)50.3
SD-36Janis K. Lee (D)18.9
SD-37Jeff Colyer (R)32.7
SD-38Tim Huelskamp (R)44.8
SD-39Steve Morris (R)Unopposed
SD-40Ralph Ostmeyer (R)Unopposed

Kansas State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner