Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

's 22nd 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 about 73,000 inhabitants. Members o ...

. It has been represented by Republican

Brad Starnes Brad Starnes is an American politician who is currently serving as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 22nd district. The district is based in Riley County. He was first elected in 2024, defeating incumbent Democratic s ...

since 2025.

Geography

District 22 is based in

Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...

, covering all of

Clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...

and

Riley Riley may refer to: Businesses * Riley (brand), British sporting goods brand founded in 1878 * Riley Motor, British motorcar and bicycle manufacturera 1890–1969 * Riley Technologies, American auto racing constructor and team, founded by Bob ...

counties as well as a small part of northern

Geary County Geary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 36,739. The county is named in honor of John Geary, the first mayor of Sa ...

. Other communities in the district include

Clay Center Clay Center can refer to a community in the United States: *Clay Center, Kansas * Clay Center, Nebraska *Clay Center, Ohio * Clay Center, West Virginia It can also refer to an astronomical observatory and learning center at the Dexter School The ...

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, and parts of western Junction City. The district is located entirely within

Kansas's 1st congressional district Kansas's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Commonly known as "The Big First", the district encompasses all or part of 60 counties spanning more than half of the state, making it the seventh-larg ...

, and overlaps with the 51st, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, and 70th districts of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

Recent election results

2020

2016

2012

Federal and statewide results

References

{{Kansas State Senators 22 Clay County, Kansas Geary County, Kansas Riley County, Kansas