- Lead
- 2,451
- Total
- 15,633
- vs nation
- D+17.2
Kansas 20th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,101
- Total
- 16,227
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 270
- Total
- 14,778
- vs nation
- R+0.3
- Lead
- 1,783
- Total
- 13,885
- vs nation
- R+16.7
- Lead
- 622
- Total
- 14,447
- vs nation
- R+11.6
- Lead
- 2,425
- Total
- 13,060
- vs nation
- R+16.1
- Lead
- 2,081
- Total
- 10,927
- vs nation
- R+19.6
- Lead
- 1,731
- Total
- 9,559
- vs nation
- R+26.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6502024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,021 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $138,2272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.5 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 17, KS · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 20th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
57.1%
8,924 votes · D+15.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 55.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.6%
3,715 votes · R+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 70.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,009votes
55.5% of the vote · D+12.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,924 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
7,711votes
55.5% of the vote · R+12.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 7,694 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+17.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +8.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+58.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.5 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +36.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 57.2%7,135 | 42.8%5,335 | 12,470 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+15.7, this district stands out sharply in a state that has trended Republican at the federal level, suggesting a densely urban or university-anchored constituency that reliably breaks from statewide patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.5 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.7 points.
A population of 23,650, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,227 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 17 and State House District 19.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Kansas 20th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.