Kansas's 21st Senate district

Kansas's 21st
State Senate district
Senator
  Dinah Sykes
D–Lenexa
Demographics77% White
6% Black
10% Hispanic
4% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)76,544[1]

Kansas's 21st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Dinah Sykes since 2017; Sykes was first elected as a Republican but switched parties in 2018.[2]

Geography

District 21 is based in Lenexa in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City, covering the vast majority of that city as well as smaller parts of Overland Park and Shawnee.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 30th, and 121st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 21[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dinah Sykes (incumbent) 24,203 54.8
Republican Tom Bickimer 19,970 45.2
Total votes 44,173 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 21[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dinah Sykes 4,442 57.9
Republican Greg Smith (incumbent) 3,226 42.1
Total votes 7,668 100
Democratic Logan Heley 2,956 81.7
Democratic Michael Czerniewski 663 18.3
Total votes 3,619 100
General election
Republican Dinah Sykes 18,149 50.3
Democratic Logan Heley 15,287 42.4
Libertarian Michael Kerner 2,617 7.3
Total votes 36,053 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 21[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Smith 3,581 52.1
Republican Joe Beveridge 3,290 47.9
Total votes 6,871 100
General election
Republican Greg Smith 17,527 53.2
Democratic Juanita Roy 15,441 46.8
Total votes 32,968 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Biden 56.3 – 41.2%
2018 Governor Kelly 57.6 – 34.7%
2016 President Clinton 47.9 – 44.5%
2012 President Romney 53.0 – 44.8%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 21, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Dinah Sykes". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 21" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 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.