- Lead
- 2,890
- Total
- 11,433
- vs nation
- D+26.7
Kansas 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,998
- Total
- 12,399
- vs nation
- D+19.7
- Lead
- 1,359
- Total
- 11,042
- vs nation
- D+10.2
- Lead
- 117
- Total
- 10,081
- vs nation
- R+5.0
- Lead
- 757
- Total
- 10,520
- vs nation
- R+0.1
- Lead
- 667
- Total
- 9,337
- vs nation
- R+4.7
- Lead
- 620
- Total
- 7,872
- vs nation
- R+8.4
- Lead
- 483
- Total
- 6,907
- vs nation
- R+15.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,8992024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,979 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,5102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39.4 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 24, KS · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 22nd 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
William J. Bryan1908
63.7%
86 votes · D+28.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · 62.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
67.2%
2,366 votes · R+36.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 65.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,500votes
60.5% of the vote · D+24.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,055 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
4,944votes
49.0% of the vote · R+1.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 4,941 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
William J. Bryan1908
+38.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.9 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +33.2 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+41.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+39.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +28.9 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%7,210 | 42.8%5,391 | 12,601 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+25.3, this district stands well outside Kansas's typical Republican baseline, suggesting a dense urban core or a heavily minority population that consistently anchors Democratic candidates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.4 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 23,899, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,510 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 24 and State House District 23.
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 22nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20022/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.