Kansas's 8th Senate district

Kansas's 8th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Jim Denning since 2013; Denning will be succeeded by Democrat Cindy Holscher in 2021.[2]

Kansas's 8th
State Senate District
Senator
  Jim Denning
R–Overland Park
Demographics80% White
5% Black
6% Hispanic
7% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)72,847[1]

Geography

District 8 covers much of central Overland Park in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 8th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 48th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] At 20.4 square miles, it is tied with the 25th district for smallest Senate district in the state.[1]

Recent election results from statewide races
Year U.S. President U.S. Senator Governor Attorney General[5]
2008 McCain (R): 53.1 – 45.7% [Data unknown/missing] — —
2012 Romney (R): 57 – 41.1% — — —
2016 Clinton (D): 46.1 – 45.1% Moran (R): 54.4 – 41% — —
2018 — — Kelly (D): 56.8 – 36.4% Swain (D): 51.9 – 48.1%

Recent election results

2020
2020 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cindy Holscher 23,686 54.4
Republican James Todd 19,883 45.6
Total votes 43,569 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2016
2016 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Denning (incumbent) 19,847 52.8
Democratic Don McGuire 17,758 47.2
Total votes 37,605 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 Kansas Senate election, District 8[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Denning 4,796 60.3
Republican Tim Owens (incumbent) 3,161 39.7
Total votes 7,957 100
General election
Republican Jim Denning 19,484 54.3
Democratic Lisa Johnston 16,398 45.7
Total votes 35,882 100
Republican hold

References
  1. "State Senate District 8, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. "Senator Jim Denning". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 8" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  5. "DRA KS State Senate 2020". Daves Redistricting.
  6. "Kansas State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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