2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2012 election for Kansas Senate District 6
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Pat Pettey (D) won with 62.1% of the vote, defeating Chris Steineger (R) by 24.2 points.
Pat PetteyDemocrat · winner
62.1%11,637
Chris SteinegerRepublican · incumbent
37.9%7,106
18,743 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET