2020 Kansas Senate election

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All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Susan Wagle (retired) Anthony Hensley (lost re-election) Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 30th District 19th district Seats before 29 11 Seats after 29 11 Seat change Popular vote 817,169 477,582 Percentage 63.11% 36.89%
Senate results by district      Republican hold      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Democratic gain
President of the Senate before election Susan Wagle Republican Elected President of the Senate Ty Masterson Republican

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The 2020 Kansas Senate election took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Kansas voters elected state senators in all of the state's 40 senate districts.

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.

Predictions

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Kansas Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	39	817,169	63.11%	29	29	29	29
	Democratic	30	477,582	36.89%	11	11	11	11
Total			1,294,751	100.0%	40	40	40	40
Source:[2][3]

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% (flip)
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% (flip)
9. District 23, 6.22%
10. District 28, 8.1%
11. District 8, 8.72% (flip)
12. District 25, 9.18%
13. District 21, 9.58%

Summary of results by State Senate District