Kansas's 15th Senate district

Kansas's 15th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Dan Goddard since 2017; Goddard lost renomination in 2020 to Virgil Peck Jr.[2]

Kansas's 15th State Senate District
Senator	Dan Goddard R–Parsons
Demographics	84% White 4% Black 6% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Native American 4% Other
Population (2018)	67,332[1]

Geography

District 15 covers parts of Southeast Kansas, including all of Neosho County and most of Labette and Montgomery Counties. Communities in the district include Coffeyville, Parsons, Independence, Chanute, Caney, Cherryvale, and Oswego.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 2nd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, and 13th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Oklahoma.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virgil Peck Jr.	5,144	50.1
	Republican	Dan Goddard (incumbent)	5,126	49.9
Total votes			10,270	100
General election
	Republican	Virgil Peck Jr.	23,043	100
Total votes			23,043	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Goddard	3,549	51.2
	Republican	Virgil Peck Jr.	3,378	48.8
Total votes			6,927	100
General election
	Republican	Dan Goddard	15,511	60.9
	Democratic	Chuck Schmidt	9,963	39.1
Total votes			25,474	100
	Republican hold

2012

In 2012, incumbents Jeff King and Dwayne Umbarger were redistricted into the same district.

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 15[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff King (incumbent)	5,668	57.3
	Republican	Dwayne Umbarger (incumbent)	4,224	42.7
Total votes			9,892	100
General election
	Republican	Jeff King (incumbent)	21,401	100
Total votes			21,401	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 15

Year	Office	Results[6]
2018	Governor	Kobach 57.0 – 35.6%
2016	President	Trump 70.0 – 24.5%
2012	President	Romney 65.6 – 32.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 15, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
2. "Senator Dan Goddard". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
3. "Senate District 15" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.