Kansas's 7th Senate district

Kansas's 7th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican-turned-Democrat Barbara Bollier since 2017; Bollier will be succeeded by fellow Democrat Ethan Corson in 2021.[2]

Kansas's 7th
State Senate District
Senator
  Barbara Bollier
D–Mission Hills
Demographics87% White
3% Black
5% Hispanic
3% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)73,076[1]

Geography

District 7 covers the inner suburbs of Kansas City in Johnson County, including Prairie Village, Mission, Roeland Park, Fairway, Mission Hills, Westwood, and parts of Leawood and Overland Park.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 19th, 21st, 24th, and 25th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Missouri.[1]

Recent election results from statewide races
Year U.S. President U.S. Senator U.S. House[5] Governor Attorney General[6]
2008 Obama (D): 53.5 – 45.2% [Data unknown/missing] [Data unknown/missing] — —
2012 Obama (D): 49.5 – 48.3% — [Data unknown/missing] — —
2016 Clinton (D): 56 – 35% Wiesner (D): 48.7 – 46.8% [Data unknown/missing] — —
2018 — — Davids (D): 63 – 35.1% Kelly (D): 66.2 – 27% Swain (D): 60.8 – 39.2%
2020 Biden (D): 65 – 33% Bollier (D): 64 – 33% [Data unknown/missing] — —

Recent election results

2020
2020 Kansas Senate election, District 7[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ethan Corson 28,215 59.3
Republican Laura McConwell 19,348 40.7
Total votes 47,563 100
Democratic hold

2016
2016 Kansas Senate election, District 7[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Bollier 22,439 54.3
Democratic Megan England 18,884 45.7
Total votes 41,323 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 Kansas Senate election, District 7[7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay Wolf 5,176 57.1
Republican David Harvey 3,889 42.9
Total votes 9,065 100
General election
Republican Kay Wolf 20,738 53.1
Democratic Kyle Russell 18,334 46.9
Total votes 39,072 100
Republican hold

References
  1. "State Senate District 7, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. "Senator Barbara Bollier". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 7" (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. "KS State Senate District 7 Statewide Results".
  6. "DRA KS State Senate 2020". Daves Redistricting.
  7. "Kansas State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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