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2012Final results

2012 election for Kansas House District 44

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Barbara Ballard (D) won with 71.1% of the vote, defeating Patrick Bengtson (R) by 42.1 points.

Barbara BallardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.1%7,965
28.9%3,245
11,210 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+0.61992D+31.81996D+37.42000D+57.82006D+42.12012D+50.42016

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