Kansas's 19th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the
Kansas Senate. It had been represented by
Democrat
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Anthony Hensley
Anthony Hensley (born September 2, 1953) is a former Democratic member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 19th district since 1992. He was the Minority Leader from 1996 through 2021 and has also been a committeeman of the Democratic Preci ...
, the former Senate Minority Leader, since 1993; Hensley was defeated by
Republican Rick Kloos
Richard Gene Kloos (born July 26, 1966) is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 19th district, which covers Topeka and eastern Shawnee County, western Douglas County and all of Osage County and Jefferson County.Carpen ...
in
2020
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.
Geography
District 19 covers all of
Osage County and parts of
Douglas
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,
Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
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, and
Shawnee Counties, including much of eastern
Topeka and southern
Lawrence as well as
Osage City,
Carbondale,
Lyndon, and
Overbrook.
The district is located entirely within
Kansas's 2nd congressional district
Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas that covers most of the eastern part of the state, except for the core of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The district encompasses less than a quarter ...
, and overlaps with the 10th, 45th, 47th, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, and 76th districts of the
Kansas House of Representatives.
Recent election results
2020
2016
2012
Federal and statewide results in District 19
References
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Douglas County, Kansas
Jefferson County, Kansas
Osage County, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas