RepublicanNot in office · last served 2016Last on a ballot: Nov 2012
Leslie D. Donovan Sr.
Last held office: Kansas State Senate, District 27 (1998–2016). Ran in 8 elections between 1992 and 2012, winning 8.
- Last margin
- +31.1
- Won 2012
- Elections
- 8
- 1992–2012
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Donovan was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1992199620002004200820122016202020242028Kansas House of Representatives, District 94Kansas State Senate, District 27
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Donovan has run
Margin: how far Donovan finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kansas State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Diana Cubbage (D) | 65.5% | R+31.1 |
| 2008 | Kansas State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Melissa J. Flower (D) | 66.5% | R+32.9 |
| 2004 | Kansas State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Barbara Jane Firestone (D) | 64.3% | R+28.6 |
| 2000 | Kansas State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Hibbard Davis (D) | 70.9% | R+41.8 |
| 1998 | Kansas State Senate, District 27 | Special | Won | Barbara Jane Firestone (D) | 58.1% | R+16.2 |
| 1996 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 94 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1994 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 94 | General | Won | Ben Huie (D) | 74.7% | R+49.3 |
| 1992 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 94 | General | Won | John Carmichael (D), Bob Demoss (L) | 54.8% | R+14.9 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Donovan has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 27 · 1998–2016
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 94 · 1992–1998
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Donovan has run against
- Diana Cubbage (D) · 2012 election, won
- Melissa J. Flower (D) · 2008 election, won
- Barbara Jane Firestone (D) · 2004 election, won
- Hibbard Davis (D) · 2000 election, won
- Ben Huie (D) · 1994 election, won
- John Carmichael (D) · 1992 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive