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 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 at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members ...

. It has been represented by

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Usha Reddi since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat

Tom Hawk Thomas Dale Hawk (born September 18, 1946) is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate for the 22nd district. He was formerly a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 67th District, serving 2005-2011, until being defeat ...

Geography

District 22 is based in

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, covering all of

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and Riley Counties as well as a small part of northern Geary County. Other communities in the district include

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, Ogden,

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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 64 counties in western and northern Kansas (more than half of the state), ma ...

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

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Recent election results

2020

2016

2012

Federal and statewide results

References

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