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2014Final results

2014 election for Kansas House District 81

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Blake Carpenter (R) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating Lynn Wells (D) by 23.3 points.

Blake CarpenterRepublican · winner
61.7%3,044
Lynn WellsDemocrat
38.3%1,892
4,936 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

EvenR+11.02008R+40.32010R+29.42012R+23.32014R+33.12016R+32.02018

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