Kansas State Senate District 12

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Caryn Tyson (Republican) won by 62.8 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCaryn TysonWon	Republican	27,48081.4%	81.4%
LibertarianCullene Lang	Libertarian	6,27818.6%	18.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,624
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCaryn TysonWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,26574.4%	74.4%
DemocraticMike Bruner	Democratic	8,35925.6%	25.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,916
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCaryn TysonWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,99873.3%	73.3%
DemocraticChristopher B. Johnston	Democratic	6,91826.7%	26.7%

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCaryn TysonWon	Republican	18,72065.8%	65.8%
DemocraticDenise Cassells	Democratic	9,73734.2%	34.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,643
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPat AppleWon(incumbent)	Republican	22,61471.5%	71.5%
DemocraticAndrew Rickel	Democratic	9,02928.5%	28.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,668
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPat AppleWon	Republican	19,81564.6%	64.6%
DemocraticTim Shields	Democratic	9,37930.6%	30.6%
LibertarianTim Ralston	Libertarian	1,4744.8%	4.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,970
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert TysonWon(incumbent)	Republican	16,04157.4%	57.4%
DemocraticDoug Walker	Democratic	11,92942.6%	42.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,605
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert TysonWon	Republican	14,57452.8%	52.8%
DemocraticDoug Walker(incumbent)	Democratic	13,03147.2%	47.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,880
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDoug WalkerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,16250.8%	50.8%
RepublicanFrank Fogle Jr.	Republican	13,71849.2%	49.2%

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDoug WalkerWon	Democratic	13,67057.2%	57.2%
RepublicanDenise Apt	Republican	10,21542.8%	42.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,654
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert V. TalkingtonWon(incumbent)	Republican	16,40866.5%	66.5%
DemocraticRobert Sanford	Democratic	8,24533.4%	33.4%
OtherRussell Stapleton	Other	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,903
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert V. TalkingtonWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,45464.7%	64.7%
DemocraticKenneth M. Monroe	Democratic	8,44935.4%	35.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,131
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert V. TalkingtonWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,31957.6%	57.6%
DemocraticStephen L. Weilert	Democratic	9,81242.4%	42.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,440
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert V. TalkingtonWon	Republican	13,84559.1%	59.1%
DemocraticJohn D. Lewis	Democratic	9,59540.9%	40.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,258
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Kansas Senate District 12, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWalter PorterWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,23962.3%	62.3%
DemocraticRuss B. Anderson	Democratic	8,01937.7%	37.7%

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:12

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