Kansas State Senate District 1

Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Craig Bowser Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Craig Bowser (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (16 elections for this seat)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCraig BowserWon	Republican	29,530100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,087
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis PyleWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,17371.7%	71.7%
DemocraticKirk Miller	Democratic	9,91428.3%	28.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,359
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis D. PyleWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,28358.3%	58.3%
DemocraticJerry Henry	Democratic	13,07641.7%	41.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,360
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis D. PyleWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,37850.6%	50.6%
DemocraticSteve Lukert	Democratic	14,98249.4%	49.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,270
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis D. PyleWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,25363.6%	63.6%
DemocraticGalen Weiland	Democratic	11,01736.4%	36.4%

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis D. PyleWon	Republican	15,86554.6%	54.6%
DemocraticTom Kautz	Democratic	13,17345.4%	45.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,545
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward W. PughWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,84059.7%	59.7%
DemocraticTom Kautz	Democratic	10,70540.3%	40.3%

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward W. PughWon	Republican	11,35357.0%	57.0%
DemocraticTom Kautz	Democratic	8,56943.0%	43.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,138
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon SalleeWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,33070.1%	70.1%
DemocraticBill Campsey	Democratic	7,80829.9%	29.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,004
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon SalleeWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,54053.6%	53.6%
DemocraticJoan Adam	Democratic	12,46543.0%	43.0%
LibertarianDouglas Merritt	Libertarian	9993.4%	3.4%

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon SalleeWon	Republican	13,16058.5%	58.5%
DemocraticNorm Ellis	Democratic	9,34441.5%	41.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,021
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFrancis GordonWon	Republican	12,00650.0%	50.0%
DemocraticRay Burns	Democratic	9,14038.0%	38.0%
IndependentKen Blasi	Independent	2,87512.0%	12.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,217
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn E. ChandlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,25252.8%	52.8%
DemocraticRay Burns	Democratic	10,96547.2%	47.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,363
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn E. ChandlerWon	Republican	11,20050.1%	50.1%
DemocraticDan Bromley(incumbent)	Democratic	11,16349.9%	49.9%

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan BromleyWon	Democratic	10,93150.4%	50.4%
RepublicanRuben A. Neher	Republican	10,76449.6%	49.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,071
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Kansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteadman BallWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,39661.8%	61.8%
DemocraticBernard E. Benton	Democratic	7,67538.2%	38.2%

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 2020: 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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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/sldu:1

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026