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 32nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Larry Alley Larry Alley (born September 23, 1948) is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017. Following the removal on April 9, 2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader, Alley, who was ...

since 2017, succeeding fellow Republican Steve Abrams.

Geography

District 32 spans much of the state's southern edge, including all of

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, and Sumner Counties, as well as parts of Cowley, Kingman, and Sedgwick Counties. Communities in the district include Arkansas City,

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, Medicine Lodge, Belle Plaine,

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, Coldwater, Conway Springs,

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, and part of Winfield. The district is located entirely within

Kansas's 4th congressional district Kansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Based in the south central part of the state, the district encompasses the city of Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, three universiti ...

, and overlaps with the 79th, 80th, 82nd, 93rd, 114th, 115th, and 116th districts of the

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. It borders the state of

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Recent election results

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References

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