- Lead
- 6,598
- Total
- 12,742
- vs nation
- D+53.3
Kansas 44th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,653
- Total
- 13,068
- vs nation
- D+46.5
- Lead
- 4,903
- Total
- 11,905
- vs nation
- D+39.1
- Lead
- 3,847
- Total
- 11,261
- vs nation
- D+30.3
- Lead
- 5,062
- Total
- 12,546
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 3,066
- Total
- 11,528
- vs nation
- D+29.1
- Lead
- 1,155
- Total
- 8,985
- vs nation
- D+12.3
- Lead
- 1,300
- Total
- 8,531
- vs nation
- D+6.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+51.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,3462024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,246 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,1512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.7 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 45, KS · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 44th 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
75.2%
9,582 votes · D+51.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 74.3%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
74.2%
1,780 votes · R+49.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 71.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,713votes
74.3% of the vote · D+50.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,582 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
4,117votes
35.7% of the vote · D+26.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 3,796 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
+53.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+51.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +46.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+57.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.7 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +41.8 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 | 69.2%7,931 | 30.8%3,527 | 11,458 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+51.8, this district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in Kansas, likely anchored by a dense urban or university-adjacent population center.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.8 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 55.7 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.8 points.
A population of 24,346, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,151 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 45 and State House District 16.
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 44th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20044/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.