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2012Final results

2012 election for Kansas Senate District 23

Kansas State Senate · Kansas

Rob Olson (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Steve Wright (D) by 25.9 points.

Rob OlsonRepublican · winner
63.0%18,859
Steve WrightDemocrat
37.0%11,098
29,957 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

EvenR+39.21996R+46.12000R+33.42008R+25.92012R+21.12016R+6.22020

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