2022 Kansas House of Representatives election
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All 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives
63 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Daniel Hawkins Tom Sawyer
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 100th district 95th district
Seats before 86 39
Seats won 85 40
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 566,412 334,211
Percentage 62.57% 36.92%
Swing Increase 0.65% Decrease 0.69%
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Speaker before election

Ron Ryckman Jr.
Republican

Elected Speaker

Daniel Hawkins
Republican

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The 2022 Kansas House of Representatives elections took place as a part of the 2022 United States elections. All 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives were up for re-election. Representatives serve two year terms and are not term limited.[1]

Democrats gained 1 seat, decreasing the narrow Republican supermajority to 85 out of 125 seats.[2]

Results Summary

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Party Votes % Seats +/– %
Republican Party 566,412 62.57% 85 -1 68%
Democratic Party 334,211 36.92% 40 +1 32%
Libertarian Party 4,584 0.50% 0 – 0%
Total 905,207 100% 125 –

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R May 19, 2022

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 28, 0.58%
  2. District 15, 1.36%
  3. District 49, 1.54% (flip)
  4. District 30, 1.58%
  5. District 88, 1.92% (flip)
  6. District 14, 2% (flip)
  7. District 39, 2.08%
  8. District 48, 2.66%
  9. District 117, 2.88%
  10. District 41, 3.2%
  11. District 67, 4.82%
  12. District 102, 4.88%
  13. District 33, 5.6% (flip)
  14. District 78, 7%
  15. District 121, 8.22%
  16. District 16, 8.46%
  17. District 8, 8.96%
  18. District 17, 9.06%

Results

District 1

District 1[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Houser 5,847 75.20
Democratic Paul Rogers 1,928 24.80
Total votes 7,775 100.00

District 2

District 2[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Collins 6,566 100.00
Total votes 6,566 100.00

District 3

District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Smith 4,714 100.00
Total votes 4,714 100.00

District 4

District 4[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trevor Jacobs 7,069 100.00
Total votes 7,069 100.00

District 5

District 5[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carrie Barth 7,085 100.00
Total votes 7,085 100.00

District 6

District 6[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samantha Poetter 6,265 67.96
Democratic Nina Fricke 2,954 32.04
Total votes 9,219 100.00

District 7

District 7[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Goddard 5,789 100.00
Total votes 5,789 100.00

District 8

District 8[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Croft 5,451 54.48
Democratic Pam Shernuk 4,555 45.52
Total votes 10,006 100.00

District 9

District 9[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Gardner 6,101 74.15
Democratic Alana Cloutier 2,127 25.85
Total votes 8,228 100.00

District 10

District 10[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christina Haswood 6,695 100.00
Total votes 6,695 100.00

District 11

District 11[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Bryce 5,104 74.88
Democratic Gregory Wilkinson 1,712 25.12
Total votes 6,816 100.00

District 12

District 12[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Blex 7,674 100.00
Total votes 7,674 100.00

District 13

District 13[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Newland 7,742 100.00
Total votes 7,742 100.00

District 14

District 14[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis Miller 5,647 51.00
Republican Charlotte Esau 5,426 49.00
Total votes 11,073 100.00

District 15

District 15[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allison Hougland 2,915 50.68
Republican Matt Bingesser 2,837 49.32
Total votes 5,752 100.00

District 16

District 16[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Featherston 5,970 54.23
Republican Ed Roitz 5,039 45.77
Total votes 11,009 100.00

District 17

District 17[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jo Ella Hoye 6,139 53.58
Republican Emily Carpenter 5,102 44.53
Libertarian Michael Kerner 217 1.89
Total votes 11,458 100.00

District 18

District 18[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Neighbor 5,746 57.34
Republican Cathy Gordon 4,275 42.66
Total votes 10,021 100.00

District 19

District 19[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Clayton 8,027 61.99
Republican Nicholas Reddell 4,922 38.01
Total votes 12,949 100.00

District 20

District 20[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mari-Lynn Poskin 7,048 55.70
Republican Carrie Rahfaldt 5,606 44.30
Total votes 12,654 100.00

District 21

District 21[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry Stogsdill 9,143 100.00
Total votes 9,143 100.00

District 22

District 22[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lindsay Vaughn 5,574 65.03
Republican Robert "Chris" Colburn 2,997 34.97
Total votes 8,571 100.00

District 23

District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Ruiz 6,115 100.00
Total votes 6,115 100.00

District 24

District 24[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jarrod Ousley 6,733 100.00
Total votes 6,733 100.00

District 25

District 25[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rui Xu 9,766 100.00
Total votes 9,766 100.00

District 26

District 26[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Thomas 5,766 59.30
Democratic Cheron Tiffany 3,958 40.70
Total votes 9,724 100.00

District 27

District 27[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sean Tarwater 6,648 57.34
Democratic Christi Pribula 4,945 42.66
Total votes 11,593 100.00

District 28

District 28[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl Turner 5,151 50.29
Democratic Ace Allen 5,091 49.71
Total votes 10,242 100.00

District 29

District 29[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heather Meyer 5,558 57.16
Republican David Soffer 4,166 42.84
Total votes 9,724 100.00

District 30

District 30[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Laura Williams 4,499 50.79
Democratic Courtney Eiterich 4,359 49.21
Total votes 8,858 100.00

District 31

District 31[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis Ruiz 3,290 73.77
Republican Dennis Grindel 1,170 26.23
Total votes 4,460 100.00

District 32

District 32[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pam Curtis 1,857 100.00
Total votes 1,857 100.00

District 33

District 33[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Thompson 3,350 51.44
Democratic Bill Hutton 2,983 45.80
Libertarian Stephanie Barton 180 2.76
Total votes 6,513 100.00

District 34

District 34[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Valdenia Winn 2,572 79.43
Republican Pepe Cabrera 666 20.57
Total votes 3,238 100.00

District 35

District 35[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marvin Robinson II 3,290 80.13
Republican Sam Stillwell 816 19.87
Total votes 4,106 100.00

District 36

District 36[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynn Melton 4,999 62.29
Republican Kevin Braun 3,027 37.71
Total votes 8,026 100.00

District 37

District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melissa Oropeza 2,944 61.84
Republican Diana Whittington 1,834 38.16
Total votes 4,846 100.00

District 38

District 38[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy H. Johnson 7,832 100.00
Total votes 7,832 100.00

District 39

District 39[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Owen Donohoe 5,052 51.04
Democratic Vanessa Vaughn West 4,847 48.96
Total votes 9,899 100.00

District 40

District 40[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Buehler 3,999 55.38
Democratic Martha Allen 3,222 44.62
Total votes 7,221 100.00

District 41

District 41[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Proctor 2,324 51.60
Democratic Harry Schwarz 2,180 48.40
Total votes 4,504 100.00

District 42

District 42[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lance Neelly 6,705 100.00
Total votes 6,705 100.00

District 43

District 43[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Sutton 4,202 58.07
Democratic Keith Davenport 3,034 41.93
Total votes 7,236 100.00

District 44

District 44[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Ballard 8,890 100.00
Total votes 8,890 100.00

District 45

District 45[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Amyx 9,613 100.00
Total votes 9,613 100.00

District 46

District 46[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis Highberger 5,715 100.00
Total votes 5,715 100.00

District 47

District 47[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald Ellis 7,819 100.00
Total votes 7,819 100.00

District 48

District 48[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Osman 5,161 51.33
Republican Terry Frederick 4,894 48.67
Total votes 10,005 100.00

District 49

District 49[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brad Boyd 4,789 50.77
Republican Kristin Clark 4,643 49.23
Total votes 9,432 100.00

District 50

District 50[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Patton 8,918 100.00
Total votes 8,918 100.00

District 51

District 51[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenny Titus 7,702 100.00
Total votes 7,702 100.00

District 52

District 52[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jesse Borjon 6,426 56.30
Democratic Derik Flerlage 4,987 43.70
Total votes 11,413 100.00

District 53

District 53[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kirk Haskins 4,948 55.37
Republican Bruce Williamson 3,988 44.63
Total votes 8,936 100.00

District 54

District 54[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Corbet 6,446 66.61
Democratic Lyndon Johnson 3,231 33.39
Total votes 9,677 100.00

District 55

District 55[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tobias Schlingensiepen 4,853 65.61
Republican Todd Staerkel 2,544 34.39
Total votes 7,397 100.00

District 56

District 56[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Virgil Weigel 6,349 100.00
Total votes 6,349 100.00

District 57

District 57[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Alcala 4,221 100.00
Total votes 4,221 100.00

District 58

District 58[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vic Miller 4,455 100.00
Total votes 4,455 100.00

District 59

District 59[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rebecca Schmoe 5,344 64.53
Democratic Darrell McCune 2,937 35.37
Total votes 8,281 100.00

District 60

District 60[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Schreiber 3,649 55.27
Democratic Mic McGuire 2,953 44.73
Total votes 6,602 100.00

District 61

District 61[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Francis Awerkamp 6,677 100.00
Total votes 6,677 100.00

District 62

District 62[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Garber 7,872 100.00
Total votes 7,782 100.00

District 63

District 63[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Eplee 7,116 100.00
Total votes 7,116 100.00

District 64

District 64[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lewis "Bill" Bloom 5,721 77.34
Democratic Patricia Smetana 1,676 22.66
Total votes 7,397 100.00

District 65

District 65[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Underhill 3,121 100.00
Total votes 3,121 100.00

District 66

District 66[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sydney Carlin 3,317 100.00
Total votes 3,317 100.00

District 67

District 67[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Dodson 4,559 52.41
Democratic Kim Zito 4,139 47.59
Total votes 8,698 100.00

District 68

District 68[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nate Butler 3,207 67.77
Democratic Michael Seymour II 1,525 32.23
Total votes 4,732 100.00

District 69

District 69[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clarke Sanders 4,747 65.00
Democratic Sarah Crews 2,556 35.00
Total votes 7,303 100.00

District 70

District 70[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Hill 7,460 100.00
Total votes 7,460 100.00

District 71

District 71[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven Howe 7,096 100.00
Total votes 7,096 100.00

District 72

District 72[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Avery Anderson 6,325 100.00
Total votes 6,325 100.00

District 73

District 73[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Les Mason 7,258 100.00
Total votes 7,258 100.00

District 74

District 74[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Owens 6,414 76.80
Libertarian Henry Hein 1,938 23.20
Total votes 8,352 100.00

District 75

District 75[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Will Carpenter 6,813 100.00
Total votes 6,813 100.00

District 76

District 76[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Smith 6,623 72.82
Democratic Chuck Torres 2,472 27.18
Total votes 9,095 100.00

District 77

District 77[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kristey Williams 6,753 100.00
Total votes 6,753 100.00

District 78

District 78[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robyn Essex 5,030 53.50
Democratic W. Michael Shimeall 4,371 46.50
Total votes 9,401 100.00

District 79

District 79[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Webster Roth 5,244 63.43
Democratic Kris Trimmer 3,024 36.57
Total votes 8,268 100.00

District 80

District 80[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Rhiley 5,409 100.00
Total votes 5,409 100.00

District 81

District 81[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Carpenter 4,231 100.00
Total votes 4,231 100.00

District 82

District 82[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leah Howell 5,453 65.48
Democratic Misti Hobbs 2,875 34.52
Total votes 8,328 100.00

District 83

District 83[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Helgerson 3,695 100.00
Total votes 3,695 100.00

District 84

District 84[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ford Carr 4,067 100.00
Total votes 4,067 100.00

District 85

District 85[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Penn 5,064 57.02
Democratic Jalon Britton 3,817 42.98
Total votes 8,881 100.00

District 86

District 86[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Silas Miller 2,527 57.79
Republican Rick Lindsey 1,846 42.21
Total votes 4,373 100.00

District 87

District 87[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Estes 4,890 55.72
Democratic Chris Strong 3,886 44.28
Total votes 8,776 100.00

District 88

District 88[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sandy Pickert 3,022 50.96
Democratic Chuck Schmidt 2,908 49.04
Total votes 5,930 100.00

District 89

District 88[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic KC Ohaebosim 4,547 100.00
Total votes 4,547 100.00

District 90

District 90[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl Maughan 6,683 100.00
Total votes 6,683 100.00

District 91

District 91[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Emil Bergquist 5,826 64.04
Democratic Brooke Chong 2,962 32.56
Libertarian Steve Baird 309 3.40
Total votes 8,976 100.00

District 92

District 92[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Carmichael 4,752 100.00
Total votes 4,752 100.00

District 93

District 93[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Bergkamp 6,646 100.00
Total votes 6,646 100.00

District 94

District 94[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leo Delperdang 5,840 64.16
Democratic Robert Howes 3,262 35.84
Total votes 9,102 100.00

District 95

District 95[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Sawyer 2,433 56.00
Republican Christopher Parisho 1,912 44.00
Total votes 4,345 100.00

District 96

District 96[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Kessler 2,648 100.00
Total votes - 100.00

District 97

District 97[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nick Hoheisel 4,289 100.00
Total votes 4,289 100.00

District 98

District 98[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cyndi Howerton 3,627 100.00
Total votes 3,627 100.00

District 99

District 99[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Humphries 7,273 100.00
Total votes 7,273 100.00

District 100

District 100[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Hawkins 5,641 59.70
Democratic Mike McCorkle 3,808 40.30
Total votes 9,449 100.00

District 101

District 101[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Seiwert 7,501 100.00
Total votes 7,501 100.00

District 102

District 102[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason Probst 2,719 52.44
Republican John Whitesel 2,466 47.56
Total votes 5,185 100.00

District 103

District 103[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angela Martinez 1,717 73.60
Libertarian Loren John Hermreck 616 26.40
Total votes 2,333 100.00

District 104

District 104[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Waggoner 6,003 60.57
Democratic Garth Strand 3,908 39.43
Total votes 9,911 100.00

District 105

District 105[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brenda Landwehr 3,788 58.30
Democratic Jaelynn Abegg 2,709 41.70
Total votes 6,497 100.00

District 106

District 106[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Moser 8,302 100.00
Total votes 8,302 100.00

District 107

District 107[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Concannon 7,570 100.00
Total votes 7,570 100.00

District 108

District 105[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Woodard 6,753 100.00
Total votes 6,753 100.00

District 109

District 105[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Troy Waymaster 7,698 85.32
Libertarian Peter Solie 1,324 14.68
Total votes 9,022 100.00

District 110

District 110[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Rahjes 8,366 100.00
Total votes 8,366 100.00

District 111

District 111[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Wasinger 5,038 60.49
Democratic Edward Hammond 3,291 39.51
Total votes 8,329 100.00

District 112

District 112[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tory Blew 6,074 100.00
Total votes 6,074 100.00

District 113

District 113[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brett Fairchild 6,610 75.99
Democratic Jo Ann Roth 2,089 24.01
Total votes 8,699 100.00

District 114

District 114[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Murphy 7,768 100.00
Total votes 7,768 100.00

District 115

District 115[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary White 6,738 100.00
Total votes 6,738 100.00

District 116

District 116[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kyle Hoffman 6,996 79.38
Democratic Kristen Barger 1,817 20.62
Total votes 8,813 100.00

District 117

District 117[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Turk 5,813 51.94
Democratic Courtney Tripp 5,378 48.06
Total votes 11,191 100.00

District 118

District 118[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Minnix 8,414 100.00
Total votes 8,414 100.00

District 119

District 119[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Goetz 2,213 100.00
Total votes 2,213 100.00

District 120

District 120[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Smith 8,120 100.00
Total votes 8,120 100.00

District 121

District 121[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Resman 4,972 54.61
Democratic Mel Pinick 4,133 45.39
Total votes 9,105 100.00

District 122

District 122[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Clifford 4,465 100.00
Total votes 4,465 100.00

District 123

District 123[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Lewis 3,746 100.00
Total votes 3,746 100.00

District 124

District 124[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Younger 5,350 100.00
Total votes 5,350 100.00

District 125

District 125[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shannon Francis 2,859 100.00
Total votes 2,859 100.00

References

  1. ^ "Welcome | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Kansas is becoming more divided. Democrats win suburban areas and the GOP holds rural communities". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. January 3, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Kansas Secretary of State 2022 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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