Kansas's 39th Senate district

Kansas's 39th
State Senate district
Senator
  John Doll
R–Garden City
Demographics51% White
2% Black
43% Hispanic
2% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)69,098[1]

Kansas's 39th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican John Doll since 2017, following his defeat of incumbent Larry Powell in the 2016 Republican primary.[2]

Geography

District 39 is based in Garden City and surrounding areas in the southwestern corner of the state, covering all of Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens, and Wichita Counties. Other communities in the district include Ulysses, Hugoton, Elkhart, Lakin, Holcomb, Syracuse, Sublette, Leoti, and Johnson City.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 115th, 117th, 118th, 122nd, 123rd, and 124th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the states of Oklahoma and Colorado.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 39[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Doll (incumbent) 5,720 57.4
Republican Lon Pishny 4,249 42.6
Total votes 9,969 100
General election
Republican John Doll (incumbent) 20,891 100
Total votes 20,891 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 39[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Doll 4,664 52.4
Republican Larry Powell (incumbent) 4,246 47.6
Total votes 8,910 100
General election
Republican John Doll 12,884 79.0
Democratic A. Zacheriah Worf 3,421 21.0
Total votes 16,305 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 39[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry Powell 5,106 51.9
Republican Stephen Morris (incumbent) 4,737 48.1
Total votes 9,843 100
General election
Republican Larry Powell 16,672 100
Total votes 16,672 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 71.5 – 26.5%
2018 Governor Kobach 54.7 – 29.7%
2016 President Trump 72.0 – 22.9%
2012 President Romney 75.9 – 22.3%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 39, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator John Doll". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 39" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 39". 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.