2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Kansas House District 4
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Caryn Tyson (R) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Shirley J. Palmer (D) by 20.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Caryn TysonRepublican · winner
60.2%4,266
Shirley J. PalmerDemocrat · incumbent
39.8%2,818
7,084 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET