Kansas State Senate District 25
Tue, Nov 7 · Represented by Silas Miller Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Special election · Tue, Nov 7
No published poll names both candidates.The last winner we have no longer holds this seat, so that result isn't shown.
- Last election
- Mary Ware (Democratic) won by 14.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Silas MillerIncumbentDemocratic
- Christopher ParishoRepublican
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.
Source: sos.ks.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,384
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary WareWon Democratic 11,63857.1% RepublicanKeenen Smith Republican 8,74642.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,103
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary WareWon Democratic 12,64754.7% RepublicanVail Fruechting Republican 10,45645.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,012
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2016)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLynn W. RogersWon Democratic 11,70458.5% RepublicanJim Price Republican 8,30841.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,996
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael OdonnellWon Republican 9,32646.6% DemocraticTimothy L. Snow Democratic 9,06345.3% LibertarianDave Thomas Libertarian 1,6078.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,546
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJean Kurtis SchodorfWon(incumbent) Republican 16,01662.7% DemocraticHibbard Davis Democratic 9,53037.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,292
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJean SchodorfWon(incumbent) Republican 15,47866.5% DemocraticHibbard Davis Democratic 7,81433.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,130
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJean SchodorfWon Republican 9,11350.3% DemocraticDouglas E. Johnston Democratic 9,01749.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,215
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPat RansonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,15155.2% DemocraticJim Ward Democratic 9,06444.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,410
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2003)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPat RansonWon Republican 11,96751.1% DemocraticJim Ward Democratic 10,04342.9% LibertarianGerald J. Domitrovic Libertarian 1,4006.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,686
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1991)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent) Republican 13,01252.7% DemocraticWard P. Ferguson Democratic 11,67447.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,504
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1991)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent) Republican 22,504100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,678
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1980 to 1991)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent) Republican 16,94668.7% DemocraticRobert C. Jasso Democratic 7,73231.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,534
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1979)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent) Republican 20,534100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,631
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1979)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph C. HarderWon(incumbent) Republican 19,631100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,065
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Kansas Senate District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlee S. Smith Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 13,10556.8% DemocraticWorden R. Howat Democratic 9,96043.2%
- 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Kansas State Senate District 25, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ks/senate/25. 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/sldu:25
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026