Kansas State Senate District 5

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Jeff Klemp (Republican) won by 0.1 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeff KlempWon	Republican	15,73250.0%	50.0%
DemocraticJeff Pittman	Democratic	15,70150.0%	50.0%

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJeff PittmanWon	Democratic	16,75353.1%	53.1%
RepublicanKevin Braun	Republican	14,81846.9%	46.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,164
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve FitzgeraldWon(incumbent)	Republican	13,33651.0%	51.0%
DemocraticBill Hutton	Democratic	12,82849.0%	49.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,843
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve FitzgeraldWon	Republican	12,80351.5%	51.5%
DemocraticKelly Kultala(incumbent)	Democratic	12,04048.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,022
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKelly KultalaWon	Democratic	15,18452.3%	52.3%
RepublicanSteve Fitzgerald	Republican	13,83847.7%	47.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,700
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMark S. GilstrapWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,25751.6%	51.6%
RepublicanSteve Fitzgerald	Republican	12,44348.4%	48.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,536
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMark S. GilstrapWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,83765.9%	65.9%
RepublicanChester Richards Jr.	Republican	8,69934.1%	34.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,940
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMark S. GilstrapWon	Democratic	13,10052.5%	52.5%
RepublicanJill Jenkins Grant	Republican	11,84047.5%	47.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,627
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAlfred RamirezWon	Republican	11,94144.9%	44.9%
DemocraticB. D. Kanan(incumbent)	Democratic	11,86044.5%	44.5%
LibertarianRobert M. Murphy	Libertarian	2,82610.6%	10.6%

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticB. D. KananWon	Democratic	15,713100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,974
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam MulichWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,53267.6%	67.6%
RepublicanEli Horn	Republican	7,44232.4%	32.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,146
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam MulichWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,47154.3%	54.3%
RepublicanCarmen Walsh	Republican	9,67545.8%	45.8%

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam MulichWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,352100.0%	100.0%

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam MulichWon	Democratic	11,53465.4%	65.4%
RepublicanCalvin D. Rose	Republican	6,09234.6%	34.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 299,310
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Kansas Senate District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDave OwenWon	Republican	48,90265.7%	65.7%
RepublicanRobert F. BennettWon(incumbent)	Republican	47,60364.1%	64.1%
RepublicanC. Y. ThomasWon	Republican	47,18863.7%	63.7%
RepublicanNorman E. GaarWon(incumbent)	Republican	44,26457.9%	57.9%
DemocraticEugene F. Gastl(incumbent)	Democratic	32,23842.1%	42.1%
DemocraticBuford L. Shankel	Democratic	26,89436.3%	36.3%
DemocraticKenneth P. Soden	Democratic	26,67735.9%	35.9%
DemocraticFrederick K. Cross	Democratic	25,54434.3%	34.3%

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:5

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