Kansas's 9th Senate district

Kansas's 9th
State Senate district
Senator
  Beverly Gossage
R–Eudora
Demographics79% White
5% Black
11% Hispanic
3% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)79,805[1]

Kansas's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Julia Lynn since 2005; Lynn will be succeeded by fellow Republican Beverly Gossage in 2021.[2]

Geography

District 9 covers central and northwestern Johnson County in the suburbs of Kansas City, including all of De Soto and parts of Olathe, Lenexa, and Gardner.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 15th, 26th, 30th, 38th, 43rd, 49th, and 121st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

After winning the Republican primary unopposed, incumbent Julia Lynn dropped her 2020 bid for re-election citing her sister's health, and was replaced on the Republican line by Beverly Gossage.[5]

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Beverly Gossage 22,450 52.2
Democratic Stacey Knoell 20,550 47.8
Total votes 43,000 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julia Lynn (incumbent) 20,574 60.0
Democratic Chris Morrow 13,708 40.0
Total votes 34,282 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julia Lynn (incumbent) 19,346 63.8
Democratic Merlin Ring 10,957 36.2
Total votes 30,303 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Trump 50 – 47.5%
2018 Governor Kelly 49.7 – 41.8%
2016 President Trump 52.7 – 39.5%
2012 President Romney 60.1 – 37.6%

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 9, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Julia Lynn". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 9" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Kyle Palmer (September 2, 2020). "Kansas state senator Julia Lynn of Olathe bows out of re-election bid, citing sister's health". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.