Kansas 2012 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Kansas held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 165 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Republicans kept two-thirds majorities in both chambers, but the bigger change came in August, when conservatives deposed many moderates in the Republican primaries. After November, conservatives controlled both the Senate and the House.
The races ran on maps drawn by a three-judge federal panel after the Legislature failed to pass its own, in what Secretary of State Kris Kobach called probably the most disruptive redistricting in state history. Redistricting put several sitting legislators against each other in November:
- Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer (R) beat Sen. Allen Schmidt (D), who had represented the old 36th District, by about 33 points in Senate District 40.
- Democrats won three House pairings: Nile Dillmore (D) beat Brenda Landwehr (R) in House District 92, Melanie Meier (D) beat Jana Taylor Goodman (R) in House District 41, and Annie Tietze (D) beat Mike Burgess (R) in House District 53.
- Republicans won two: Kyle Hoffman (R) beat Vincent Wetta (D) in House District 116, and Phil Hermanson (R) edged Geraldine Flaharty (D) by about 130 votes in House District 98.
In all, 14 incumbents lost in November, eight Democrats and six Republicans. Beyond the pairings:
- Steve Fitzgerald (R) unseated Sen. Kelly Kultala (D) by about 3 points in Senate District 5, and Pat Pettey (D) ousted Sen. Chris Steineger (R) in Senate District 6.
- Ken Corbet (R) beat Rep. Ann Mah (D) by 21 votes in House District 54.
- Former House Democratic leader Tom Sawyer (D) unseated Rep. Benny Boman (R) by about 15 points in House District 95.
Two open Senate seats were decided narrowly: former Rep. Tom Hawk (D) beat Bob Reader (R) by about 380 votes in Senate District 22, and Michael O'Donnell (R) kept Senate District 25 Republican by about 260 votes after Sen. Jean Schodorf (R) lost her August primary. The closest finish was the open House District 65, where Allan Rothlisberg (R) won by 17 votes.
Voters approved the lone statewide question, the boat property tax amendment.

Legislature

House (125 seats): 33 D, 92 R before the election, 35 D, 90 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (40 seats): 8 D, 32 R before the election, 9 D, 31 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Michael Houser (R) 53.9%	Grant Randall (D) 46%
House 2	Robert "Bob" Grant (D) 53.7%	Jeffrey G. "Jeff" Locke (R) 43.3%, Lawrence E. Monaghan (L) 2.8%
House 3	Julie Menghini (D) 53.7%	Michelle Hucke (R) 46.2%
House 4	Marty Read (R) 62.6%	Shirley J. Palmer (D) 37.3%
House 5	Kevin Jones (R) 52.5%	Bill Feuerborn (D) 47.4%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 6	Jene Vickrey (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 7	Richard Proehl (R) 69%	H Dean Knewtson (D) 30.9%
House 8	Craig McPherson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 9	Edwin H. Bideau III (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 10	John Wilson (D) 60.5%	Erica Anderson (R) 39.4%
House 11	Jamie Kelly (R) 58.1%	Darrel Harbaugh (D) 41.8%
House 12	Virgil Peck (R) 67.3%	Tina Bumgarner (D) 32.6%
House 13	Larry Paul Hibbard (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 14	Keith Esau (R) 62.9%	Roberta A. Eveslage (D) 37%
House 15	Robert Montgomery (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 16	Amanda Grosserode (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 17	Brett Hildabrand (R) 49.29%	Larry Meeker (I) 39.64%, Michael Kerner (L) 11.07%
House 18	John Rubin (R) 53.7%	Milack Talia (D) 46.2%
House 19	Stephanie Clayton (R) 58.7%	Zachary Luea (D) 41.2%
House 20	Rob Bruchman (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 21	Barbara Goolsbee Bollier (R) 53.1%	Amy Bell (D) 46.8%
House 22	Nancy Lusk (D) 60.6%	Marla Brems (R) 39.3%
House 23	Kelly Meigs (R) 50.9%	Dave Pack (D) 49%
House 24	Emily Perry (D) 58.8%	Christopher Kenneth Waldschmidt (R) 41.1%
House 25	Melissa Rooker (R) 50.7%	Megan England (D) 49.2%
House 26	Larry L. Campbell (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 27	Ray Merrick (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 28	Jerry Lunn (R) 57.1%	Kelly L. Jackson (D) 42.8%
House 29	James Todd (R) 53.8%	Nancy Leiker (D) 46.1%
House 30	Lance Kinzer (R) 54.9%	Liz Dickinson (D) 45%
House 31	Louis Ruiz (D) 71.8%	Tim Kelb (R) 28.1%
House 32	Michael J. (Mike) Peterson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 33	Tom Burroughs (D) 57.9%	Tony Bukaty (R) 42%
House 34	Valdenia Winn (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 35	Broderick Henderson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 36	Kathy Wolfe Moore (D) 64.9%	Shawn A. Shipp (R) 31.7%, Jeff Caldwell (L) 3.2%
House 37	Stan S Frownfelter (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 38	Willie Dove (R) 57.3%	Pete Henderson (D) 42.6%
House 39	Charles Macheers (R) 63.4%	Marlys Shulda (D) 36.5%
House 40	John Bradford (R) 51.1%	Linda P. Johnson (D) 48.8%
House 41	Melanie Meier (D) 55.2%	Jana Taylor Goodman (R) 44.7%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 42	Connie O'Brien (R) 63.4%	Harold D. Fevurly Jr. (D) 36.5%
House 43	Billie H. Sutton (R) 67.3%	Kevin King (D) 32.6%
House 44	Barbara Ballard (D) 71%	Patrick Bengtson (R) 28.9%
House 45	Tom Sloan (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 46	Paul Davis (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 47	Ramon C. Gonzalez Jr. (R) 58.2%	Bruce Hanson (D) 41.7%
House 48	Marvin Kleeb (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 49	Scott Schwab (R) 57.1%	Keith Mace (D) 34.6%, John Wilson (L) 8.2%
House 50	Joshua Powell (R) 54.9%	Sean Gatewood (D) 45%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 51	Ron Highland (R) 69.9%	Richard R Pikul (D) 30%
House 52	Shanti Gandhi (R) 54.4%	Ted Ensley (D) 45.5%
House 53	Annie Tietze (D) 53.6%	Mike Burgess (R) 46.3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 54	Ken Corbet (R) 50%	Ann E. Mah (D) 49.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 55	Annie Kuether (D) 59.7%	Becky Nioce (R) 40.2%
House 56	Virgil Weigel (D) 51.8%	Janet Mitchell (R) 48.1%
House 57	John Alcala (D) 71.2%	Aimee Rosenow (R) 28.7%
House 58	Harold Lane (D) 74%	Quentin Martin (R) 25.9%
House 59	Blaine Finch (R) 72%	Caleb Correll (D) 27.9%
House 60	Don Hill (R) 70.3%	William L. Ballard (D) 29.6%
House 61	Richard Carlson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 62	Randy Garber (R) 63.2%	Dennis R. Stones (D) 36.7%
House 63	Jerry Henry (D) 59%	Stephen Bodenhausen (R) 40.9%
House 64	Vern Swanson (R) 81%	Philip "Skip" H. Breitmeyer (L) 18.9%
House 65	Allan Rothlisberg (R) 50.2%	Melody Saxton (D) 49.7%
House 66	Sydney Carlin (D) 58.7%	Lee Modesitt (R) 41.2%
House 67	Tom Phillips (R) 63.9%	Aaron Estabrook (D) 36%
House 68	Tom J. Moxley (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 69	J.R. Claeys (R) 53.9%	Gary Swartzendruber (D) 46%
House 70	John E. Barker (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 71	Diana Dierks (R) 61.9%	Alan Jilka (D) 38%
House 72	Marc Rhoades (R) 59.5%	Glenda Reynolds (D) 40.4%
House 73	Clark Shultz (R) 75.9%	Pamela J. Lawson (D) 24%
House 74	Don Schroeder (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 75	Will Carpenter (R) 65.2%	Suzanne Scribner (D) 34.7%
House 76	Peggy Mast (R) 63.8%	Janet L. Lewis (D) 36.1%
House 77	J. David Crum (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 78	Ron Ryckman Jr. (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 79	Ed Trimmer (D) 50.3%	Larry Alley (R) 49.6%
House 80	Kasha Kelley (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 81	Jim Howell (R) 64.6%	Lynn Wells (D) 35.3%
House 82	Pete DeGraaf (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 83	Carolyn Bridges (D) 58.4%	Tim Garvey (R) 41.5%
House 84	Gail Finney (D) 71.9%	Dan Heflin (R) 23%, Gordon Bakken (L) 4.9%
House 85	Steve Brunk (R) 67.2%	Barry Stanley (D) 32.7%
House 86	Jim Ward (D) 58.8%	John Stevens (R) 35.7%, James Pruden (L) 5.4%
House 87	Mark Kahrs (R) 62.3%	Chris Florquist (D) 33%, Santana Marie Talbert (L) 4.6%
House 88	Patricia Sloop (D) 53.1%	Joseph Scapa (R) 46.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 89	Roderick Houston (D) 64.5%	Emanuel Banks (R) 35.4%
House 90	Steve Huebert (R) 77.4%	Merry Matthews (D) 22.5%
House 91	Gene Suellentrop (R) 68.8%	Katelyn Delvaux (D) 31.1%
House 92	Nile Dillmore (D) 55.7%	Brenda Landwehr (R) 44.2%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 93	Joe Edwards (R) 49.1%	Daniel J Thimesch (I) 31.6%, Sammy K. Flaharty (D) 19.1%
House 94	Mario Goico (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 95	Tom Sawyer (D) 57.5%	Benny L. Boman (R) 42.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 96	Brandon Whipple (D) 58.4%	Rick Lindsey (R) 41.5%
House 97	Leslie Osterman (R) 58.3%	Dale A Swenson (D) 41.6%
House 98	Phil Hermanson (R) 51%	Geraldine Flaharty (D) 48.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 99	Dennis E. Hedke (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 100	Dan Hawkins (R) 69.7%	John Wallace Willoughby (D) 30.2%
House 101	Joe Seiwert (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 102	Jan Pauls (D) 66.2%	Dakota Bass (R) 33.7%
House 103	Ponka-We Victors (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 104	Steven R. Becker (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 105	Mark Hutton (R) 55.7%	Liz Hicks (D) 39.2%, Randall Batson (L) 5%
House 106	Sharon Schwartz (R) 65%	Nick Levendofsky (D) 34.9%
House 107	Susan L. Concannon (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 108	Steven Johnson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 109	Troy Waymaster (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 110	Travis Couture-Lovelady (R) 75.6%	Philip H. Martin (D) 24.3%
House 111	Sue E. Boldra (R) 54.9%	Eber Phelps (D) 45%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 112	John Edmonds (R) 73%	Steve Muehleisen (D) 26.9%
House 113	Marshall Christmann (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 114	Jack Thimesch (R) 66.3%	Carol Moore (D) 33.6%
House 115	Ron Ryckman Sr. (R) 78.7%	Marjorie Gilbert (D) 21.2%
House 116	Kyle Hoffman (R) 58.6%	Vincent Wetta (D) 41.3%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 117	John L. Ewy (R) 59%	Dennis McKinney (D) 40.9%
House 118	Don Hineman (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 119	Brian A. Weber (R) 69%	Lawrence Blake (D) 30.9%
House 120	Ward M. Cassidy (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 121	Arlen H. Siegfreid (R) 63.9%	Tyler G. Dixon (D) 36%
House 122	Russ Jennings (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 123	John Doll (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 124	J. Stephen Alford (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 125	Reid Petty (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 1	Dennis Pyle (R) 50.6%	Steve Lukert (D) 49.3%
Senate 2	Marci Francisco (D) 64.5%	Ronald Ellis (R) 35.4%
Senate 3	Tom Holland (D) 53.2%	Anthony R. Brown (R) 46.7%
Senate 4	David Haley (D) 79.8%	Joe Ward (R) 20.1%
Senate 5	Steve Fitzgerald (R) 51.5%	Kelly Kultala (D) 48.4%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 6	Pat Pettey (D) 62%	Chris Steineger (R) 37.9%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 7	Kay Wolf (R) 53%	Kyle Russell (D) 46.9%
Senate 8	Jim Denning (R) 54.3%	Lisa Johnston (D) 45.6%
Senate 9	Julia Lynn (R) 63.8%	Merlin D. Ring (D) 36.1%
Senate 10	Mary Pilcher-Cook (R) 58.2%	Mark J. Greene (D) 41.7%
Senate 11	Jeff Melcher (R) 62.7%	Michael F. Delaney (D) 37.2%
Senate 12	Caryn Tyson (R) 65.7%	Denise Cassells (D) 34.2%
Senate 13	Jake LaTurner (R) 60.6%	Gene Garman (D) 39.3%
Senate 14	Forrest Knox (R) 72.2%	Eden Fuson (D) 27.7%
Senate 15	Jeff King (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 16	Ty Masterson (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 17	Jeff Longbine (R) 60.7%	Susan K. Moran (D) 39.2%
Senate 18	Laura Kelly (D) 51.7%	Dick Barta (R) 48.2%
Senate 19	Anthony Hensley (D) 58.4%	Casey W. Moore (R) 41.5%
Senate 20	Vicki Schmidt (R) 63.8%	Terry L. Crowder (D) 30%, Clarence Hinchey (L) 6%
Senate 21	Greg A. Smith (R) 53.1%	Juanita Roy (D) 46.8%
Senate 22	Tom Hawk (D) 50.7%	Bob Reader (R) 49.2%	Flipped R to D
Senate 23	Rob Olson (R) 62.9%	Steve Wright (D) 37%
Senate 24	Tom Arpke (R) 56.4%	Janice Norlin (D) 43.5%
Senate 25	Michael O'Donnell (R) 46.6%	Tim Snow (D) 45.3%, Dave Thomas (L) 8%
Senate 26	Dan Kerschen (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 27	Leslie Donovan (R) 65.5%	Diana Cubbage (D) 34.4%
Senate 28	Mike Petersen (R) 52.6%	Keith Humphrey (D) 47.3%
Senate 29	Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D) 63.6%	Kenya Cox (R) 30.2%, Carl Kramer (L) 6%
Senate 30	Susan Wagle (R) 61.3%	Patrick K. Cantwell (D) 38.6%
Senate 31	Carolyn McGinn (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 32	Steve E Abrams (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 33	Mitch Holmes (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 34	Terry Bruce (R) 59.9%	Mark R. Treaster (D) 40%
Senate 35	Jay Scott Emler (R) 76.7%	Jesse Bryant (L) 23.2%
Senate 36	Elaine Bowers (R) 82.9%	Marquis Clark (D) 17%
Senate 37	Pat Apple (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 38	Garrett Love (R) 77%	Johnny Dunlap II (D) 22.9%
Senate 39	Larry R. Powell (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 40	Ralph Ostmeyer (R) 66.5%	Allen Clark Schmidt (D) 33.4%	Incumbent defeated

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
HCR 5017	Would alter the state's property tax on boats.	Passed (53.48% yes)

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