Kansas's 33rd Senate district

Kansas's 33rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mary Jo Taylor since 2017; Taylor was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by State Representative Alicia Straub.[2]

Kansas's 33rd State Senate District
Senator	Mary Jo Taylor R–Stafford
Demographics	84% White 1% Black 12% Hispanic 0% Asian 1% Native American 2% Other
Population (2018)	68,480[1]

Geography

District 33 covers a large swath of rural west-central Kansas, including all of Barton, Edwards, Kiowa, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Scott, and Stafford Counties as well as parts of Hodgeman and Rice Counties. Communities in the district include Great Bend, Pratt, Larned, Scott City, and Ness City.[3]

The district overlaps with Kansas's 1st and 4th congressional districts, and with the 108th, 109th, 112th, 113th, 117th, and 118th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alicia Straub	9,257	59.8
	Republican	Mary Jo Taylor (incumbent)	6,218	40.2
Total votes			15,475	100
General election
	Republican	Alicia Straub	26,740	100
Total votes			26,740	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Jo Taylor	7,334	51.8
	Republican	Larry Salmans	6,816	48.2
Total votes			14,150	100
General election
	Republican	Mary Jo Taylor	21,114	76.6
	Democratic	Matt Bristow	6,467	23.4
Total votes			27,581	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitch Holmes	7,635	53.0
	Republican	Ruth Teichman (incumbent)	6,762	47.0
Total votes			14,397	100
General election
	Republican	Mitch Holmes	23,049	100
Total votes			23,049	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 33

Year	Office	Results[6]
2018	Governor	Kobach 58.0 – 29.5%
2016	President	Trump 78.3 – 16.7%
2012	President	Romney 76.7 – 21.6%

References

1. "State Senate District 33, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
2. "Senator Mary Jo Taylor". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
3. "Senate District 33" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.