Kansas's 8th Senate district

Kansas's 8th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Cindy Holscher since 2021.^[2]

Kansas's 8th State Senate district
Senator	Cindy Holscher D–Overland Park
Demographics	80% White 5% Black 6% Hispanic 7% Asian 2% Other
Population (2018)	72,847[1]

Geography

District 8 covers much of central Overland Park in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City.^[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 8th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 48th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.^[4] At 20.4 square miles, it is tied with the 25th district for smallest Senate district in the state.^[1]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator	Governor	Attorney General[5]
2008	McCain (R): 53.1 – 45.7%	[Data unknown/missing]	—	—
2012	Romney (R): 57 – 41.1%	—	—	—
2016	Clinton (D): 46.1 – 45.1%	Moran (R): 54.4 – 41%	—	—
2018	—	—	Kelly (D): 56.8 – 36.4%	Swain (D): 51.9 – 48.1%
2020	Biden (D): 56.8% – 43.2%	Bollier (D): 53.8% – 41.6%	—	—

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 8^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Holscher	23,686	54.4
	Republican	James Todd	19,883	45.6
Total votes			43,569	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 8^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Denning (incumbent)	19,847	52.8
	Democratic	Don McGuire	17,758	47.2
Total votes			37,605	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 8^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Denning	4,796	60.3
	Republican	Tim Owens (incumbent)	3,161	39.7
Total votes			7,957	100
General election
	Republican	Jim Denning	19,484	54.3
	Democratic	Lisa Johnston	16,398	45.7
Total votes			35,882	100
	Republican hold

References

1. "State Senate District 8, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
2. "Senator Cindy Holscher". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
3. "Senate District 8" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
5. "DRA KS State Senate 2020". Daves Redistricting.
6. "Kansas State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.