Kansas's 15th Senate district

Kansas's 15th
State Senate district
Senator
  Virgil Peck Jr.
R–Havana
Demographics84% White
4% Black
6% Hispanic
1% Asian
2% Native American
4% Other
Population (2018)67,332[1]

Kansas's 15th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Dan Goddard since 2017; Goddard lost renomination in 2020 to Virgil Peck Jr.[2]

Geography

District 15 covers parts of Southeast Kansas, including all of Neosho County and most of Labette and Montgomery Counties. Communities in the district include Coffeyville, Parsons, Independence, Chanute, Caney, Cherryvale, and Oswego.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 2nd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, and 13th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Oklahoma.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Virgil Peck Jr. 5,144 50.1
Republican Dan Goddard (incumbent) 5,126 49.9
Total votes 10,270 100
General election
Republican Virgil Peck Jr. 23,043 100
Total votes 23,043 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Goddard 3,549 51.2
Republican Virgil Peck Jr. 3,378 48.8
Total votes 6,927 100
General election
Republican Dan Goddard 15,511 60.9
Democratic Chuck Schmidt 9,963 39.1
Total votes 25,474 100
Republican hold

2012

In 2012, incumbents Jeff King and Dwayne Umbarger were redistricted into the same district.

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff King (incumbent) 5,668 57.3
Republican Dwayne Umbarger (incumbent) 4,224 42.7
Total votes 9,892 100
General election
Republican Jeff King (incumbent) 21,401 100
Total votes 21,401 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 71.2 – 26.8%
2018 Governor Kobach 57.0 – 35.6%
2016 President Trump 70.0 – 24.5%
2012 President Romney 65.6 – 32.1%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 15, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Dan Goddard". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 15" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.