Kansas State House District 43
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Bill Sutton Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Kristen SchultzDemocraticBill SuttonRepublican · Incumbent14 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Bill Sutton (R) 100.0
- Last election
- Bill Sutton (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: SchultzRight column: Sutton
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeSuttonNo published score for Schultz
- Races
- None listed
- Won 7 of 7
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 14
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Candidates on the ballot
- Kristen SchultzDemocratic
- Bill SuttonIncumbentRepublican
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Source: sos.ks.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 8,166
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon Republican 8,166100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,236
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon(incumbent) Republican 4,20258.1% DemocraticKeith Davenport Democratic 3,03441.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,195
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon(incumbent) Republican 7,89364.7% DemocraticPamela Finley Democratic 4,30235.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,172
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon(incumbent) Republican 4,90660.0% DemocraticPamela Finley Democratic 3,26640.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,403
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,403100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,613
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon(incumbent) Republican 3,73866.6% DemocraticCaitlin Trujillo Democratic 1,87533.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,816
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill SuttonWon Republican 5,93667.3% DemocraticKevin King Democratic 2,88032.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,929
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanS. Mike KlegerlWon Republican 6,36671.3% DemocraticKevin King Democratic 2,56328.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,269
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanS. Mike KiegerlWon(incumbent) Republican 7,64453.6% DemocraticScott P. Snavely Democratic 4,86334.1% LibertarianSheri Stearns Libertarian 1,76212.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,623
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanS. KiegerlWon(incumbent) Republican 4,95857.5% DemocraticLee Urban Democratic 3,08535.8% LibertarianGerald January Libertarian 5806.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,998
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanS. KiegerlWon Republican 8,998100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,248
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn BallouWon(incumbent) Republican 5,248100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,304
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn BallouWon(incumbent) Republican 9,304100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,980
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn BallouWon(incumbent) Republican 4,23570.8% DemocraticMerle Couch Democratic 1,74529.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,367
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn BallouWon(incumbent) Republican 5,42664.8% DemocraticSandra L. Thierer Democratic 2,94135.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,044
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn BallouWon Republican 3,37767.0% DemocraticNorma L. Thorp Democratic 1,66733.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,630
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJudith K. MacyWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,01352.6% RepublicanRobert Watchous Republican 3,61747.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,556
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1990 to 1991)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJudith K. MacyWon Democratic 2,91552.5% RepublicanTom Pyle Republican 2,64147.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,708
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 5,73374.4% DemocraticRalph Earles Democratic 1,97525.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,402
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 4,21265.8% DemocraticBob Miller Democratic 2,19034.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,898
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 5,65371.6% DemocraticMike Schmidt Democratic 2,24528.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,467
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 3,87770.9% DemocraticLarie Davis Democratic 1,59029.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,144
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. MillerWon Republican 4,01556.2% DemocraticMarlin Johanning Democratic 3,12943.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,078
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. VogelWon(incumbent) Republican 3,27653.9% DemocraticJim Supica Jr. Democratic 2,80246.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,527
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. VogelWon(incumbent) Republican 6,44798.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 801.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,294
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. VogelWon(incumbent) Republican 5,294100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,361
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. VogelWon(incumbent) Republican 4,61862.7% DemocraticLoren Impson Democratic 2,74337.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,997
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoland G. HugWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,38167.7% RepublicanElmer L. Linder Republican 1,61632.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,599
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Kansas House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoland G. HugWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,75367.0% RepublicanElmer L. Linder Republican 1,84633.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Kansas State House District 43, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ks/house/43. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ks/sldl:43
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026