Kansas State Senate District 18

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Kenny Titus (Republican) won by 33.6 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 38,090
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKenny TitusWon	Republican	25,42466.8%	66.8%
DemocraticMatthew Robin	Democratic	12,65033.2%	33.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	160.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,760
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKristen OsheaWon	Republican	19,39659.2%	59.2%
DemocraticTobias Schlingensiepen	Democratic	13,36440.8%	40.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,083
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLaura KellyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,00751.6%	51.6%
RepublicanDave Jackson	Republican	14,07648.4%	48.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,646
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLaura KellyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,81351.7%	51.7%
RepublicanDick Barta	Republican	13,83348.3%	48.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,968
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLaura KellyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	18,00958.1%	58.1%
RepublicanJames J. Zeller	Republican	12,95941.9%	41.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,678
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLaura KellyWon	Democratic	15,38850.2%	50.2%
RepublicanDave Jackson(incumbent)	Republican	15,29049.8%	49.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,374
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDave JacksonWon	Republican	12,80750.5%	50.5%
DemocraticMarge Petty(incumbent)	Democratic	12,56749.5%	49.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,561
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarge PettyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,71961.5%	61.5%
RepublicanGreg T. Debacker	Republican	9,84238.5%	38.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,687
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarge PettyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,60757.9%	57.9%
RepublicanMike Broemmel	Republican	12,08042.1%	42.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,344
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarge PettyWon	Democratic	11,22752.6%	52.6%
RepublicanJeanne Hoferer(incumbent)	Republican	10,11747.4%	47.4%

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeanne HofererWon	Republican	11,51352.2%	52.2%
DemocraticVic Miller	Democratic	10,54447.8%	47.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,022
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElwaine F. PomeroyWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,50064.2%	64.2%
DemocraticJohn R. Mettner Jr.	Democratic	7,52235.8%	35.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,481
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElwaine F. PomeroyWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,33354.9%	54.9%
DemocraticJacob W. Miller	Democratic	10,14845.1%	45.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,308
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanElwaine F. PomeroyWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,31357.1%	57.1%
DemocraticGene F. Anderson	Democratic	9,99542.9%	42.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,654
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Kansas Senate District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,53268.8%	68.8%
DemocraticClaire M. Schmitt	Democratic	6,12231.1%	31.1%

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:18

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