Kansas's 19th
State Senate district
Senator
  Rick Kloos
R–Berryton
Demographics69% White
11% Black
16% Hispanic
0% Asian
1% Native American
3% Other
Population (2018)69,433[1]

Kansas's 19th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It had been represented by Democrat Anthony Hensley, the former Senate Minority Leader, since 1993; Hensley was defeated by Republican Rick Kloos in 2020.[2]

Geography

District 19 covers all of Osage County and parts of Douglas, Jefferson, and Shawnee Counties, including much of eastern Topeka and southern Lawrence as well as Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, and Overbrook.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 10th, 45th, 47th, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, and 76th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 19[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Kloos 16,141 51.0
Democratic Anthony Hensley (incumbent) 15,483 49.0
Total votes 31,624 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 19[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony Hensley (incumbent) 16,181 57.3
Republican Zach Haney 12,068 42.7
Total votes 28,249 100
Democratic hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 19[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casey Moore 4,238 81.3
Republican Matthew Windheuser 978 18.7
Total votes 5,216 100
General election
Democratic Anthony Hensley (incumbent) 16,543 58.5
Republican Casey Moore 11,756 41.5
Total votes 28,299 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 19

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 51.2 – 46.3%
2018 Governor Kelly 55.2 – 35.3%
2016 President Trump 50.7 – 42.6%
2012 President Romney 48.9 – 48.6%

References

  1. ↑ "State Senate District 19, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Senator Anthony Hensley". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Senate District 19" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kansas State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 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.
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