Kansas State House District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Kirk Haskins Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Kirk Haskins (Democratic) won by 7.5 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Kirk HaskinsIncumbentDemocratic
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.
Source: sos.ks.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 10,876
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKirk HaskinsWon Democratic 5,55451.1% RepublicanJeff Coen Republican 4,73643.5% LibertarianAric Hermann Libertarian 5755.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,936
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKirk HaskinsWon Democratic 4,94855.4% RepublicanBruce Williamson Republican 3,98844.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,529
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim GartnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,32654.9% RepublicanJeff Coen Republican 5,20345.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,416
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim GartnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,416100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,430
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim GartnerWon Democratic 5,99357.5% RepublicanRichard Kress Republican 4,43742.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,595
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnnie TietzeWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,21260.6% RepublicanT. J. Foy Republican 3,38339.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,468
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnnie TietzeWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,61553.6% RepublicanMike Burgess(incumbent) Republican 4,85346.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,766
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnn E. MahWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,33160.8% RepublicanL. W. Abney Republican 3,43539.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,441
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnn E. MahWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,21766.0% RepublicanCecil T. Washington Jr. Republican 4,22434.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,026
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnn MahWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,37863.6% RepublicanDouglas W. Desch Republican 3,48834.8% LibertarianThomas Abbey Lessman Libertarian 1601.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,903
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnn MahWon Democratic 6,12051.4% RepublicanJack L. Woelfel Republican 5,55846.7% LibertarianThomas Abbey Lessman Libertarian 2251.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,296
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRoger E. ToelkesWon Democratic 5,12355.1% RepublicanDouglas W. Desch Republican 4,17344.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,887
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDixie E. ToelkesWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,03061.0% RepublicanFrank W. Meade Republican 3,85739.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,426
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDixie E. ToelkesWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,426100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,894
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDixie E. ToelkesWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,98860.5% RepublicanMark R. Johnson Republican 3,90639.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,558
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDixie E. ToelkesWon Democratic 4,84356.6% RepublicanBob Willard Republican 3,71543.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,172
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDenise EverhartWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,11550.3% RepublicanCynthia C. Haynes Republican 5,05749.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,690
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1990 to 1991)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDenise EverhartWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,45157.9% RepublicanCynthia C. Haynes Republican 3,23942.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,578
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill Roy Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 3,578100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,842
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill Roy Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 2,52165.6% RepublicanMac McConnell Republican 1,32134.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,637
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill Roy Jr.Won Democratic 3,21469.3% RepublicanLeon Graves Republican 1,42330.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,055
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVic MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,80269.1% RepublicanPat Towle Republican 1,08426.7% LibertarianBlake Huber Libertarian 1694.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,065
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1989)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVic MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,98859.0% RepublicanSteven C. Alberg Republican 2,07741.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,924
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVic MillerWon Democratic 2,37060.4% RepublicanC. W. Ossman Republican 1,55439.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,059
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim SlatteryWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,059100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,107
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1979)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim SlatteryWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,76473.7% RepublicanCharles W. Kennedy Republican 1,34326.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,243
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1973)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames SlatteryWon Democratic 4,92559.8% RepublicanCarl G. Ossmann(incumbent) Republican 3,31840.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,902
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlee JonesWon Republican 3,28555.7% DemocraticBernard E. Benton Democratic 2,61744.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,666
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Kansas House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJ. W. PattonWon(incumbent) Republican 4,67770.2% DemocraticE. A. Myers Democratic 1,98929.8%
- 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 53, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ks/house/53. 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:53
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