Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

's 20th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the

Kansas Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members ...

. It has been represented by

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Eric Rucker since his appointment in 2018 to replace fellow Republican

Vicki Schmidt Vicki Schmidt (born September 15, 1955) is an American politician who is currently the Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 20th district, from 2005 to 2019. She also served as the Sena ...

; Rucker was defeated in the 2020 primary election by

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Brenda Dietrich Brenda Dietrich (born May 16, 1953) is an American politician who served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 52nd district from 2017 to 2021. Prior to joining politics, she spent 40 years in education, serving as the super ...

Geography

District 20 is based in southern Topeka, also stretching to cover sparsely populated portions of Shawnee and Wabaunsee Counties. The district is located almost 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 ...

, with a small portion extending into the

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. It overlaps with the 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.

Recent election results

2020

In 2018, incumbent

was elected Kansas Insurance Commissioner, and Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rucker was chosen to replace her.

Geography

Recent election results

2020

2016

2012

Federal and statewide results in District 20

References