2020 Kansas Senate election


The 2020 Kansas Senate election took place as part of the biennial 2020 2020 [United States elections|United States elections]. Kansas voters elected state senators in all of the state's 40 senate districts. Senators serve four-year terms.

Retirements

Four incumbents did not run for reelection in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

  1. District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring
  2. District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring

Democrats

  1. District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate
  2. District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

Seven Republicans lost renomination.
  1. District 11: John Skubal lost renomination to Kellie Warren.
  2. District 14: Bruce Givens lost renomination to Michael Fagg.
  3. District 15: Dan Goddard lost renomination to Virgil Peck Jr.
  4. District 20: Eric Rucker lost renomination to Brenda Dietrich.
  5. District 24: Randall Hardy lost renomination to J. R. Claeys.
  6. District 33: Mary Jo Taylor lost renomination to Alicia Straub.
  7. District 34: Ed Berger lost renomination to Mark Steffen.

In the general election

Republican

  1. District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.

Democratic

  1. District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.

Results summary

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
  1. District 22, 1.2%
  2. District 3, 2.04%
  3. District 19, 2.42%
  4. District 10, 3.72%
  5. District 30, 4.22%
  6. District 9, 4.52%
  7. District 11, 5.36%
  8. District 5, 6.04%
  9. District 23, 6.22%
  10. District 28, 8.1%
  11. District 8, 8.72%
  12. District 25, 9.18%
  13. '''District 21, 9.58%'''