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American legislative district

Kansas's 9th
State Senate district
Senator
  Beverly Gossage
R–Eudora
Demographics79% White
5% Black
11% Hispanic
3% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)79,805

Kansas's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Julia Lynn since 2005; Lynn will be succeeded by fellow Republican Beverly Gossage in 2021.

Geography

District 9 covers central and northwestern Johnson County in the suburbs of Kansas City, including all of De Soto and parts of Olathe, Lenexa, and Gardner.

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 15th, 26th, 30th, 38th, 43rd, 49th, and 121st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.

Recent election results

2020

After winning the Republican primary unopposed, incumbent Julia Lynn dropped her 2020 bid for re-election citing her sister's health, and was replaced on the Republican line by Beverly Gossage.

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Beverly Gossage 22,450 52.2
Democratic Stacey Knoell 20,550 47.8
Total votes 43,000 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julia Lynn (incumbent) 20,574 60.0
Democratic Chris Morrow 13,708 40.0
Total votes 34,282 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julia Lynn (incumbent) 19,346 63.8
Democratic Merlin Ring 10,957 36.2
Total votes 30,303 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results
2020 President Trump 50 – 47.5%
2018 Governor Kelly 49.7 – 41.8%
2016 President Trump 52.7 – 39.5%
2012 President Romney 60.1 – 37.6%

References

  1. "State Senate District 9, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. "Senator Julia Lynn". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 9" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. Kyle Palmer (September 2, 2020). "Kansas state senator Julia Lynn of Olathe bows out of re-election bid, citing sister's health". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kansas State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  8. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
Kansas Legislature districts
Senate
House of Representatives
Members of the Kansas Senate
President
Ty Masterson (R)
Vice President
Rick Wilborn (R)
Majority Leader
Larry Alley (R)
Minority Leader
Dinah Sykes (D)
  1. ▌Dennis Pyle (I)
  2. ▌Marci Francisco (D)
  3. ▌Tom Holland (D)
  4. ▌David Haley (D)
  5. ▌Jeff Pittman (D)
  6. ▌Pat Pettey (D)
  7. ▌Ethan Corson (D)
  8. ▌Cindy Holscher (D)
  9. ▌Beverly Gossage (R)
  10. ▌Mike Thompson (R)
  11. ▌Kellie Warren (R)
  12. ▌Caryn Tyson (R)
  13. ▌Tim Shallenburger (R)
  14. ▌Michael Fagg (R)
  15. ▌Virgil Peck Jr. (R)
  16. ▌Ty Masterson (R)
  17. ▌Jeff Longbine (R)
  18. ▌Kristen O'Shea (R)
  19. ▌Rick Kloos (R)
  20. ▌Brenda Dietrich (R)
  21. ▌Dinah Sykes (D)
  22. ▌Usha Reddi (D)
  23. ▌Robert Olson (R)
  24. ▌J. R. Claeys (R)
  25. ▌Mary Ware (D)
  26. ▌Dan Kerschen (R)
  27. ▌Chase Blasi (R)
  28. ▌Mike Petersen (R)
  29. ▌Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)
  30. ▌Renee Erickson (R)
  31. ▌Carolyn McGinn (R)
  32. ▌Larry Alley (R)
  33. ▌Alicia Straub (R)
  34. ▌Mark Steffen (R)
  35. ▌Rick Wilborn (R)
  36. ▌Elaine Bowers (R)
  37. ▌Molly Baumgardner (R)
  38. ▌Ron Ryckman Sr. (R)
  39. ▌John Doll (R)
  40. ▌Rick Billinger (R)
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