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2010Final results

2010 election for Kansas House District 78

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Ed Trimmer (D) won re-election with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Larry Alley (IND) by 15.4 points.

Ed TrimmerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.7%3,534
Larry AlleyIndependent
42.3%2,591
6,125 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

EvenD+29.82002D+3.02006D+24.72008

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)