2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Kansas House District 56
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Lane Hemsley (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Virgil Weigel (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lane HemsleyRepublican · winner
50.3%3,978
Virgil WeigelDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%3,938
7,916 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET