Kansas State Senate District 37

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Doug Shane (Republican) won by 18.6 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 36,165
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDoug ShaneWonName as filed: Douglas Shane	Republican	21,46059.3%	59.3%
DemocraticSherry Giebler	Democratic	14,70540.7%	40.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,077
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMolly BaumgardnerWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,75865.3%	65.3%
DemocraticBecca Peck	Democratic	16,31934.7%	34.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,674
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMolly BaumgardnerWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,96568.1%	68.1%
DemocraticKevin King	Democratic	11,70931.9%	31.9%

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMolly BaumgardnerWon	Republican	19,461100.0%	100.0%

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPat AppleWon(incumbent)	Republican	27,888100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,024
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeff ColyerWon	Republican	27,31163.5%	63.5%
DemocraticBond Faulwell	Democratic	13,24930.8%	30.8%
LibertarianRob Hodgkinson	Libertarian	2,4645.7%	5.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,037
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis M. WilsonWon	Republican	26,29571.0%	71.0%
DemocraticRichard C. Turnbow	Democratic	10,74229.0%	29.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,440
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLarry D. SalmansWon(incumbent)	Republican	17,13767.4%	67.4%
DemocraticHarold J. Nye	Democratic	8,30332.6%	32.6%

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLarry D. SalmansWon	Republican	14,77254.1%	54.1%
DemocraticGlenn Braun	Democratic	12,51545.9%	45.9%

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJerry MoranWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,179100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,802
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJerry MoranWon	Republican	12,47150.3%	50.3%
DemocraticJoseph F. Norvell(incumbent)	Democratic	12,33149.7%	49.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,966
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoseph F. NorvellWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,35151.4%	51.4%
RepublicanLeary J. Johnson	Republican	12,61548.6%	48.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,277
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoseph F. NorvellWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,89555.0%	55.0%
RepublicanBernice Holmes	Republican	11,38245.0%	45.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,457
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoseph F. NorvellWon	Democratic	14,70655.6%	55.6%
RepublicanDon Bickle	Republican	11,74444.4%	44.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	70.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,702
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticC. L. WilsonWon	Democratic	13,11653.1%	53.1%
RepublicanVivian M. Meckel	Republican	11,58646.9%	46.9%

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
1972 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:37

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