Kansas's 21st Senate district

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]

Kansas's 21st State Senate district
Senator	Dinah Sykes D–Lenexa
Demographics	77% White 6% Black 10% Hispanic 4% Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	76,544[1]

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

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 21^[5]

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

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 21^[5]

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

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 21^[5]

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

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6][7]
2020	President	Biden 56.3 – 41.2%
2018	Governor	Kelly 57.6 – 34.7%
2016	President	Clinton 47.9 – 44.5%
2012	President	Romney 53.0 – 44.8%

References

1. "State Senate District 21, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
2. "Senator Dinah Sykes". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
3. "Senate District 21" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
5. "Kansas State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.