Two Kansas Legislature races are too close to call, audits begin
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TOPEKA (KSNT) - Election results are coming in for multiple races in the Kansas Legislature Wednesday.
KSNT 27 News consulted with the Kansas Secretary of State's (SOS) unofficial election results to see where things stand a day after the General Election for the various house and senate races in the state's Legislature. Numerous positions within the statehouse were up for grabs this year with two seats resulting in close-race audits by the SOS.
Close-race audits are performed if the election is within 1% of the total votes cast and report on election night, according to the SOS. The races which will be audited are for Kansas Senate District 5 and Kansas House District 49. Results listed below are current as of 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.
Kansas Senate
- District 2
- Marci Francisco (D) - 22,244/78%
- David G. Miller (R) - 6,256/22%
- District 3
- Dena Sattler (D) - 15,671/42%
- Rick Kloos (R) - 21,402/58%
- District 5
- Jeff Pittman (D) - 15,442/50%
- Jeff Klemp (R) - 15,499/50%
- District 6
- Pat Pettey (D) - 12,489/63%
- Tabitha S. Burt (R) - 7,461/37%
- District 7
- Ethan Corson (D) - 27,877/64%
- Dave Dannov (R) - 15,488/36%
- District 8
- Cindy Holscher (D) - 23,864/61%
- Benee' Hudson (R) - 15,190/39%
- District 9
- Norman Mallicoat (D) - 14,921/39%
- Beverly Gossage (R) - 23,638/61%
- District 10
- Andrew Mall (D) - 21,010/48%
- Mike Thompson (R) - 23,202/52%
- District 11
- Karen Thurlow (D) - 20,185/48%
- Kellie Warren (R) - 22,234/52%
- District 12
- Caryn Tyson (R) - 27,051/81%
- Cullene Lang (L) - 6,200/19%
- District 13
- Austin B. Stapleton (D) - 9,534/31%
- Tim Shallenburger (R) - 20,870/69%
- District 15
- Jerry Reeves (D) - 7,749/27%
- Virgil Peck (R) - 20,517/73%
- District 16
- Sasha Islam (D) - 12,700/34%
- Ty Masterson (R) - 24,518/66%
- District 17
- Lillian G. Lingenfelter (D) - 9,492/40%
- Mike Argabright (R) - 14,272/60%
- District 18
- Matthew Robin (D) - 12,380/33%
- Kenny Titus (R) - 24,959/67%
- District 19
- Patrick Schmidt (D) - 15,998/64%
- Tyler Wible (R) - 8,870/36%
- District 20
- Candace L. Ayars (D) - 13,956/38%
- Brenda S. Dietrich (R) - 22,854/62%
- District 22
- Usha Reddi (D) - 11,384/49%
- Brad Starnes (R) - 11,915/51%
- District 23
- Stacey B. Knoell (D) - 16,083/47%
- Adam Thomas (R) - 17,845/53%
- District 24
- John Baker (D) - 9,981/32%
- J.R. Claeys (R) - 21,079/68%
- District 25
- Mary Ware (D) - 11,066/57%
- Keenen Smith (R) - 8,396/43%
- District 26
- Raymond H. Shore Jr. (D) - 7,717/23%
- Chase Blasi (R) - 24,055/71%
- J.C. Moore (UK) - 1,916/6%
- District 27
- Jennifer Herington (D) - 13,229/39%
- Joe Claeys (R) - 20,278/61%
- District 30
- Richard Smith (D) - 10,705/35%
- Renee Erickson (R) - 17,553/57%
- Olivia Hayse (L) - 2,271/7%
- District 31
- Jason Miller (D) - 12,044/36%
- Stephen Owens (R) - 21,579/64%
- District 32
- Lawrence Moreno (D) - 8,333/27%
- Larry W. Alley (R) - 23,022/73%
- District 33
- Matthew Westenfeld (D) - 5,950/19%
- Tory Marie Blew (R) - 24,595/81%
- District 34
- Shanna Henry (D) - 9,152/29%
- Michael Murphy (R) - 22,215/71%
- District 35
- Jason Anderson (D) - 19,722/47%
- TJ Rose (R) - 22,278/53%
- District 37
- Sherry Giebler (D) - 14,259/40%
- Douglas Shane (R) - 20,949/60%
- District 38
- Jose G. Lara (D) - 4,811/26%
- Ronald Ryckman (R) - 13,770/74%
- District 39
- Isidro Marino (D) - 4,246/19%
- William Clifford (R) - 17,565/81%
Kansas House
- District 1
- Janie G. Jarrett (D) - 2,591/25%
- Dale Helwig (R) - 7,626/75%
- District 2
- Melesia "Lissa" Rhodes (D) - 3,281/31%
- Kenneth (Ken) Collins (R) - 7,367/69%
- District 3
- Jordan Metcalf (D) - 3,376/40%
- Chuck Smith (R) - 5,130/60%
- District 5
- Henry Johns (D) - 3,781/31%
- Carrie Barth (R) - 8,234/69%
- District 6
- Elena Super (D) - 3,563/29%
- Samantha M. Poetter Parshall (R) - 8,571/71%
- District 7
- Vicki N. Pribble (D) - 2,338/27%
- Dan Goddard (R) - 6,471/73%
- District 8
- Pam Shernuk (D) - 5,678/45%
- Chris Croft (R) - 7,079/55%
- District 13
- Edgar D. Chrisman (D) - 1,958/20%
- Duane Droge (R) - 7,978/80%
- District 14
- Dennis Miller (D) - 6,959/48%
- Charlotte Esau (R) - 7,398/52%
- District 15
- Allison Hougland (D) - 3,664/49%
- Lauren N. Bohi (R) - 3,795/51%
- District 17
- Jo Ella Hoye (D) - 7,912/67%
- Michael Kerner (L) - 3,960/33%
- District 18
- Cindy Neighbor (D) - 6,817/56%
- Robert Whitman (R) - 4,835/40%
- Steven A Hohe (L) - 539/4%
- District 19
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (D) - 9,364/62%
- Mark Hermes (R) - 5,673/38%
- District 20
- Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) - 8,437/57%
- Jerry Charlton (R) - 6,294/43%
- District 24
- Jarrod Ousley (D) - 6,859/65%
- Dale L. Redick (R) - 3,698/35%
- District 25
- Rui Xu (D) - 9,366/64%
- Greg J. Schoofs (R) - 5,188/36%
- District 27
- David Benson (D) - 6,104/41%
- Sean E. Tarwater, Sr. (R) - 8,807/59%
- District 28
- Ace Allen (D) - 6,165/49%
- Carl Turner (R) - 6,400/51%
- District 30
- Betsey Lasister (D) - 5,357/47%
- Laura Williams (R) - 5,948/53%
- District 31
- Louis E. Ruiz (D) - 4,268/70%
- Dennis Grindel (R) - 1,833/30%
- District 32
- Pam Curtis (D) - 2,558/74%
- Joe Quinn (R) - 894/26%
- District 33
- Eli Woody (D) - 3,907/43%
- Mike Thompson (R) - 5,141/57%
- District 36
- Lynn Melton (D) - 6,474/61%
- Mark S. Gilstrap (R) - 4,153/39%
- District 37
- Melissa M Oropeza (D) - 4,216/63%
- Kevan Myers (R) - 2,516/37%
- District 38
- Richard Paz (D) - 4,516/34%
- Timothy H. Johnson (R) - 8,921/66%
- District 39
- Vanessa Vaughn West (D) - 6,196/48%
- Angela Stiens (R) - 6,666/52%
- District 41
- Aimee M. Bateman (D) - 2,975/47%
- Pat Proctor (R) - 3,302/53%
- District 42
- Eddy Martinez (D) - 3,880/34%
- Lance W. Neelly (R) - 7,685/66%
- District 47
- Mary T. Williams (D) - 4,128/34%
- Ronald B. Ellis (R) - 8,139/66%
- District 48
- Dan Osman (D) - 6,227/53%
- Randy Ross (R) - 5,546/47%
- District 49
- Nikki L. McDonald (D) - 6,087/50%
- Kurtis Ruf (R) - 5,992/50%
- District 50
- Jessica "JP" Porter (D) - 4,305/34%
- Kyle McNorton (R) - 8,542/66%
- District 51
- Linda Morse (D) - 3,604/31%
- Megan D. Steele (R) - 7,910/69%
- District 52
- Jacquie Whitney Lightcap (D) - 5,949/44%
- Jesse Borjon (R) - 7,528/56%
- District 53
- Kirk R. Haskins (D) - 5,378/51%
- Jeff Coen (R) - 4,651/44%
- Aric Hermann (L) - 563/5%
- District 54
- Jade Pearson Ramsdell (D) - 3,755/32%
- Ken Corbet (R) - 7,909/68%
- District 55
- Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) - 5,454/63%
- Michael Barron (R) - 3,204/37%
- District 56
- Virgil Weigel (D) - 5,761/55%
- Pennie Boyer-Kloos (R) - 4,802/45%
- District 57
- John Alcala (D) - 3,994/59%
- Donna J. McGinty (R) - 2,814/41%
- District 58
- Alexis Simmons (D) - 4,572/63%
- Michael Mathewson (R) - 2,664/37%
- District 59
- Michael Lewis (D) - 2,966/28%
- Rebecca Schmoe (R) - 7,721/72%
- District 60
- Mic McGuire (D) - 3,440/42%
- Mark Schreiber (R) - 4,777/58%
- District 61
- Francis Awerkamp (R) - 6,512/65%
- Robert Thomas (L) - 3,514/35%
- District 65
- Lorraine M Ceniceros (D) - 2,552/43%
- Shawn Chauncey (R) - 3,408/57%
- District 67
- Kim Zito (D) - 4,994/47%
- Angel Roeser (R) - 5,591/53%
- District 68
- Michael Seymour II (D) - 1,920/31%
- Nathan (Nate) Butler (R) - 4,297/69%
- District 69
- Lori Blake (D) - 3,939/42%
- Clarke Sanders (R) - 5,478/58%
- District 72
- Heidi Hoskinson (D) - 3,567/35%
- Avery Anderson (R) - 6,664/65%
- District 74
- Jenna Ratzlaff (D) - 3,127/29%
- Mike King (R) - 7,574/71%
- District 78
- Daniel Goodman (D) - 5,570/45%
- Robyn R. Essex (R) - 6,707/55%
- District 79
- Siobhan McIntyre (D) - 2,736/27%
- Webster T. Roth (R) - 7,315/73%
- District 82
- Kyle Beauchamp (D) - 3,508/33%
- Leah Howell (R) - 7,221/67%
- District 83
- Henry Helgerson (D) - 3,851/58%
- Erik Seligman (R) - 2,815/42%
- District 85
- Aonya Kendrick Barnett (D) - 4,790/42%
- Patrick A. Penn (R) - 6,633/58%
- District 87
- Mike Snider (D) - 4,915/45%
- Susan Oliver Estes (R) - 5,903/55%
- District 88
- Veronica Gillette (D) - 4,121/48%
- Sandy Pickert (R) - 4,380/52%
- District 90
- Tracy Edingfield (D) - 3,236/29%
- Steve Huebert (R) - 7,950/71%
- District 91
- Keisha McClish Couts (D) - 4,069/34%
- Emil Bergquist (R) - 7,946/66%
- District 93
- Justin L. Shore (D) - 2,766/25%
- Brian Bergkamp (R) - 8,236/75%
- District 95
- Tom Sawyer (D) - 3,117/53%
- Christopher Parisho (R) - 2,714/47%
- District 96
- Dan Johnson (D) - 2,294/42%
- Tom Kessler (R) - 2,860.53%
- Joseph Trotter (L) - 293/5%
- District 97
- Christine Pruitt (D) - 3,103/38%
- Nick Hoheisel (R) - 5,019/62%
- District 98
- Carol Brewer (D) - 2,520/37%
- Cyndi Howerton (R) - 4,248/63%
- District 100
- Mike McCorkle (D) - 4,616/39%
- Daniel Hawkins (R) - 7,219/61%
- District 102
- Jason Probst (D) - 3,370/48%
- Kyler Sweely (D) - 3,619/52%
- District 104
- Lynnette Krieger-Zook (D) - 4,262/36%
- Paul Waggoner (R) - 7,705/64%
- District 105
- John Burke (D) - 3,504/41%
- Jill Ann Ward (R) - 5,101/59%
- District 109
- Keith Griffin (D) - 1,258/12%
- Troy L. Waymaster (R) - 8,702/80%
- Peter Solie (L) - 950/9%
- District 110
- Ellace Henderson (D) - 1,602/15%
- Ken Rahjes (R) - 9,197/85%
- District 111
- Joseph Burt Lantz IV (D) - 2,744/27%
- Barb Wasinger (R) - 7,548/73%
- District 112
- Mark Rondeau (D) - 2,489/28%
- Sherri Brantley (R) - 6,266/72%
- District 113
- Jo Ann Roth (D) - 2,414/23%
- Brett Fairchild (R) - 8,175/77%
- District 117
- Bill Hammond (D) - 6,090/42%
- Adam Turk (R) - 8,285/58%
- District 121
- Mel Pinick (D) - 5,277/44%
- John Resman (R) - 6,643/56%
- District 123
- Tracy Meinzer (D) - 2,178/34%
- Bob Lewis (R) - 4,148/66%
Prior to the 2024 General Election, Democrats controlled 11 Senate seats and 39 House seats in the Legislature. Republicans controlled 28 Senate seats and 83 House seats. A supermajority is formed in either body when at least two-thirds is controlled by a single party.
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