Kansas's 31st Senate district

Kansas's 31st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Carolyn McGinn since 2005.[2]

Kansas's 31st
State Senate District
Senator
  Carolyn McGinn
R–Sedgwick
Demographics82% White
2% Black
10% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Native American
3% Other
Population (2018)73,554[1]

Geography

District 31 covers parts of Sedgwick County and all of Harvey County in the northern suburbs of Wichita, including some of northern Wichita proper as well as Newton, Park City, Valley Center, Hesston, Halstead, North Newton, Sedgwick, Kechi, Bel Aire, and Maize.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 72nd, 74th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 100th, and 103rd districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020
2020 Kansas Senate election, District 31[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 31,425 100
Total votes 31,425 100
Republican hold

2016
2016 Kansas Senate election, District 31[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 4,776 51.4
Republican Renee Erickson 4,518 48.6
Total votes 9,294 100
General election
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 23,463 74.5
Democratic J. Michelle Vann 8,026 25.5
Total votes 31,489 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 Kansas Senate election, District 31[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 4,770 55.1
Republican Gary Mason 3,893 44.9
Total votes 8,663 100
General election
Republican Carolyn McGinn (incumbent) 24,183 100
Total votes 24,183 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 31
Year Office Results[6]
2018 Governor Kobach 46.3 – 43.3%
2016 President Trump 62.0 – 31.0%
2012 President Romney 64.1 – 33.7%

References
  1. "State Senate District 31, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. "Senator Carolyn McGinn". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 31" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. "Kansas State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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