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Kansas's 21st Senate district
American legislative district
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Kansas's 21st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Dinah Sykes since 2017; Sykes was first elected as a Republican but switched parties in 2018.[2]
Geography
District 21 is based in Lenexa in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City, covering the vast majority of that city as well as smaller parts of Overland Park and Shawnee.[3]
The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 30th, and 121st districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]
Recent election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dinah Sykes (incumbent) | 24,203 | 54.8 | |
| Republican | Tom Bickimer | 19,970 | 45.2 | |
| Total votes | 44,173 | 100 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2016
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Dinah Sykes | 4,442 | 57.9 | |
| Republican | Greg Smith (incumbent) | 3,226 | 42.1 | |
| Total votes | 7,668 | 100 | ||
| Democratic | Logan Heley | 2,956 | 81.7 | |
| Democratic | Michael Czerniewski | 663 | 18.3 | |
| Total votes | 3,619 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Dinah Sykes | 18,149 | 50.3 | |
| Democratic | Logan Heley | 15,287 | 42.4 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Kerner | 2,617 | 7.3 | |
| Total votes | 36,053 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Greg Smith | 3,581 | 52.1 | |
| Republican | Joe Beveridge | 3,290 | 47.9 | |
| Total votes | 6,871 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Greg Smith | 17,527 | 53.2 | |
| Democratic | Juanita Roy | 15,441 | 46.8 | |
| Total votes | 32,968 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||