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. Senators serve four-year terms.
Retirements Four incumbents did not run for reelection in 2020. Those incumbents are: Republicans District 8: Jim Denning: Retiring District 30: Susan Wagle: Retiring
Democrats District 7: Barbara Bollier: Retiring; ran for United States Senate District 18: Vic Miller: Retiring
Incumbents defeated In primary elections Republicans Seven Republicans lost renomination.
District 11: John Skubal lost renomination to Kellie Warren. District 14: Bruce Givens lost renomination to Michael Fagg. District 15: Dan Goddard lost renomination to Virgil Peck Jr. District 20: Eric Rucker lost renomination to Brenda Dietrich. District 24: Randall Hardy lost renomination to J. R. Claeys. District 33: Mary Jo Taylor lost renomination to Alicia Straub. District 34: Ed Berger lost renomination to Mark Steffen.
In the general election Republican District 5: Kevin Braun lost to Jeff Pittman.
Democratic District 19: Anthony Hensley lost to Rick Kloos.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020
Results summary + Summary of the November 3, 2020 Kansas Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % 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:
Close races Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%: District 22, 1.2% District 3, 2.04% District 19, 2.42% (flip) District 10, 3.72% District 30, 4.22% District 9, 4.52% District 11, 5.36% District 5, 6.04% (flip) District 23, 6.22% District 28, 8.1% District 8, 8.72% (flip) District 25, 9.18% District 21, 9.58%
Summary of results by State Senate district State Senate districtIncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty Kansas 1Dennis PyleRepDennis PyleRep Kansas 2Marci FranciscoDemMarci FranciscoDem Kansas 3Tom HollandDemTom HollandDem Kansas 4David HaleyDemDavid HaleyDem Kansas 5Kevin BraunRepJeff PittmanDem Kansas 6Pat PetteyDemPat PetteyDem Kansas 7Barbara BollierDemEthan CorsonDem Kansas 8Jim DenningRepCindy HolscherDem Kansas 9Julia LynnRepBeverly GossageRep Kansas 10Mike ThompsonRepMike ThompsonRep Kansas 11John Skubal*RepKellie WarrenRep Kansas 12Caryn TysonRepCaryn TysonRep Kansas 13Richard HilderbrandRepRichard HilderbrandRep Kansas 14Bruce Givens*RepMichael FaggRep Kansas 15Dan Goddard*RepVirgil Peck Jr.Rep Kansas 16Ty MastersonRepTy MastersonRep Kansas 17Jeff LongbineRepJeff LongbineRep Kansas 18Vic MillerDemKristen O'SheaRep Kansas 19Anthony HensleyDemRick KloosRep Kansas 20Eric Rucker*RepBrenda DietrichRep Kansas 21Dinah SykesDemDinah SykesDem Kansas 22Tom HawkDemTom HawkDem Kansas 23Robert S. OlsonRepRobert S. OlsonRep Kansas 24Randall Hardy*RepJ. R. ClaeysRep Kansas 25Mary WareDemMary WareDem Kansas 26Dan KerschenRepDan KerschenRep Kansas 27Gene SuellentropRepGene SuellentropRep Kansas 28Mike PetersenRepMike PetersenRep Kansas 29Oletha Faust-GoudeauDemOletha Faust-GoudeauDem Kansas 30Susan WagleRepRenee EricksonRep Kansas 31Carolyn McGinnRepCarolyn McGinnRep Kansas 32Larry AlleyRepLarry AlleyRep Kansas 33Mary Jo Taylor*RepAlicia StraubRep Kansas 34Ed Berger*RepMark SteffenRep Kansas 35Rick WilbornRepRick WilbornRep Kansas 36Elaine BowersRepElaine BowersRep Kansas 37Molly BaumgardnerRepMolly BaumgardnerRep Kansas 38Bud EstesRepBud EstesRep Kansas 39John DollRepJohn DollRep Kansas 40Rick BillingerRepRick BillingerRep
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