TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas election officials have finalized the results of the recent General Election, confirming the results of two contentious races in the state Legislature. Kansas Secretary of State (SOS) Scott Schwab released the final results of the 2024 General Election for the Sunflower State on Dec. 3, which includes the final tallies for the tight Senate District 5 and House District 49 races. Results included the final counts for the Kansas Congressional and Legislative races along with the state Board of Education and judge positions. Republicans claimed the majority of political wins in the Kansas Legislature, claiming victory in 26 Senate races and 56 House races. Democrats won six positions in the state Senate and 19 in the House. The Republican Party will retain its supermajority control in both the Senate and the House with their two-thirds majority. Republican Party. Senate - 31. House - 88. Democrat Party. Senate - 9. House - 37. Emporia city manager calls Tyson layoffs a major ‘setback’ “I want to thank all the volunteers, poll workers, and election officials for their hard work and dedication to make sure we had a safe, secure, and successful election this year,” Schwab said. Schwab said the Kansas presidential electors are due to meet at noon on Dec. 17 at the Kansas Statehouse to cast their votes for the next president and vice-president. He also shared some general statistics from the previous election indicating voter turnout amounts: 137,644/10% mail-in ballots were used. 557,209/41% of ballots were cast in-person. 648,294/49% of ballots were cast on election day. A total of 2,031,132 people were registered to vote in Kansas while total voter turnout was 1,344,147/66.2%. Kansas Senate District 2 Marci Francisco (D) – 24,004/78.30% David G. Miller (R) – 6,651/21.70% District 3 Dena Sattler (D) – 16,285/42.60% Rick Kloos (R) – 21,942/57.40% District 5 Jeff Pittman (D) – 15,701/49.95% Jeff Klemp (R) – 15,732/50.05% District 6 Pat Pettey (D) – 12,882/62.79% Tabitha S. Burt (R) – 7,634/37.21% District 7 Ethan Corson (D) – 29,014/64.33% Dave Dannov (R) – 16,085/35.67% District 8 Cindy Holscher (D) – 24,795/61.14% Benee’ Hudson (R) – 15,758/38.86% District 9 Norman Mallicoat (D) – 15,389/38.83% Beverly Gossage (R) – 24,242/61.17% District 10 Andrew Mall (D) – 21,708/47.61% Mike Thompson (R) – 23,884/52.39% District 11 Karen Thurlow (D) – 21,000/47.83% Kellie Warren (R) – 22,905/52.17% District 12 Caryn Tyson (R) – 27,480/81.40% Cullene Lang (L) – 6,278/18.60% District 13 Austin B. Stapleton (D) – 9,771/31.38% Tim Shallenburger (R) – 21,366/68.62% District 15 Jerry Reeves (D) – 8,069/27.42% Virgil Peck (R) – 21,354/72.58% District 16 Sasha Islam (D) – 13,300/34.41% Ty Masterson (R) – 25,347/65.59% District 17 Lillian G. Lingenfelter (D) – 9,851/40.14% Mike Argabright (R) – 14,689/59.86% District 18 Matthew Robin (D) – 12,657/33.22% Kenny Titus (R) – 25,445/66.78% District 19 Patrick Schmidt (D) – 16,784/64.55% Tyler Wible (R) – 9,216/35.45% District 20 Candace L. Ayars (D) – 14,357/38.16% Brenda S. Dietrich (R) – 23,270/61.84% District 22 Usha Reddi (D) – 11,825/49.09% Brad Starnes (R) – 12,262/50.91% District 23 Stacey B. Knoell (D) – 16,686/47.61% Adam Thomas (R) – 18,362/52.39% District 24 John Baker (D) – 10,210/32.15% J.R. Claeys (R) – 21,548/67.85% District 25 Mary Ware (D) – 11,638/57.09% Keenen Smith (R) – 8,746/42.91% District 26 Raymond H. Shore Jr. (D) – 8,014/23% Chase Blasi (R) – 24,824/71.24% J.C. Moore (UK) – 2,006/5.76% District 27 Jennifer Herington (D) – 13,733/39.73% Joe Claeys (R) – 20,833/60.27% District 30 Richard Smith (D) – 11,180/35.32% Renee Erickson (R) – 18,085/57.14% Olivia Hayse (L) – 2,385/7.54% District 31 Jason Miller (D) – 12,472/35.74% Stephen Owens (R) – 22,422/64.26% District 32 Lawrence Moreno (D) – 8,562/26.62% Larry W. Alley (R) – 23,603/73.38% District 33 Matthew Westenfeld (D) – 6,082/19.57% Tory Marie Blew (R) – 24,998/80.43% District 34 Shanna Henry (D) – 9,375/29.18% Michael Murphy (R) – 22,757/70.82% District 35 Jason Anderson (D) – 20,664/47.23% TJ Rose (R) – 23,088/52.77% District 37 Sherry Giebler (D) – 14,705/40.66% Douglas Shane (R) – 21,460/59.34% District 38 Jose G. Lara (D) – 5,023/26.25% Ronald Ryckman (R) – 14,112/73.75% District 39 Isidro Marino (D) – 4,463/19.78% William Clifford (R) – 18,095/80.22% Judge sentences Topeka woman in deadly crash that killed 3 local girl scouts, including her daughter Kansas House District 1 Janie G. Jarrett (D) – 2,646/25.32% Dale Helwig (R) – 7,805/74.68% District 2 Melesia “Lissa” Rhodes (D) – 3,355/30.77% Kenneth (Ken) Collins (R) – 7,547/69.23% District 3 Jordan Metcalf (D) – 3,481/39.82% Chuck Smith (R) – 5,261/60.18% District 5 Henry Johns (D) – 3,921/31.66% Carrie Barth (R) – 8,464/68.34% District 6 Elena Super (D) – 3,600/29.26% Samantha M. Poetter Parshall (R) – 8,703/70.74% District 7 Vicki N. Pribble (D) – 2,377/26.49% Dan Goddard (R) – 6,595/73.51% District 8 Pam Shernuk (D) – 5,899/44.74% Chris Croft (R) – 7,287/55.26% District 13 Edgar D. Chrisman (D) – 1,984/19.74% Duane Droge (R) – 8,065/80.26% District 14 Dennis Miller (D) – 7,185/48.63% Charlotte Esau (R) – 7,589/51.37% District 15 Allison Hougland (D) – 3,829/49.32% Lauren N. Bohi (R) – 3,829/50.68% District 17 Jo Ella Hoye (D) – 8,150/66.68% Michael Kerner (L) – 4,073/33.32% District 18 Cindy Neighbor (D) – 7,049/55.96% Robert Whitman (R) – 4,988/39.60% Steven A Hohe (L) – 560/4.45% District 19 Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (D) – 9,682/62.44% Mark Hermes (R) – 5,823/37.56% District 20 Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) – 8,826/57.58% Jerry Charlton (R) – 6,501/42.42% District 24 Jarrod Ousley (D) – 7,121/64.82% Dale L. Redick (R) – 3,865/35.18% District 25 Rui Xu (D) – 9,719/64.46% Greg J. Schoofs (R) – 5,358/35.54% District 27 David Benson (D) – 6,307/41.07% Sean E. Tarwater, Sr. (R) – 9,049/58.93% District 28 Ace Allen (D) – 6,449/49.41% Carl Turner (R) – 6,604/50.59% District 30 Betsey Lasister (D) – 5,541/47.40% Laura Williams (R) – 6,149/52.60% District 31 Louis E. Ruiz (D) – 4,405/70.28% Dennis Grindel (R) – 1,863/29.72% District 32 Pam Curtis (D) – 2,636/74.15% Joe Quinn (R) – 919/25.85% District 33 Eli Woody (D) – 4,009/43.33% Mike Thompson (R) – 5,244/56.76% District 36 Lynn Melton (D) – 6,629/60.95% Mark S. Gilstrap (R) – 4,247/39.05% District 37 Melissa M Oropeza (D) – 4,336/62.82% Kevan Myers (R) – 2,566/37.18% District 38 Richard Paz (D) – 4,533/33.58% Timothy H. Johnson (R) – 8,965/66.42% District 39 Vanessa Vaughn West (D) – 6,418/48.42% Angela Stiens (R) – 6,837/51.58% District 41 Aimee M. Bateman (D) – 3,014/47.45% Pat Proctor (R) – 3,338/52.55% District 42 Eddy Martinez (D) – 3,980/33.60% Lance W. Neelly (R) – 7,866/66.40% District 47 Mary T. Williams (D) – 4,248/33.86% Ronald B. Ellis (R) – 8,298/66.14% District 48 Dan Osman (D) – 6,632/52.88% Randy Ross (R) – 5,909/47.12% District 49 Nikki L. McDonald (D) – 6,305/50.59% Kurtis Ruf (R) – 6,157/49.41% District 50 Jessica “JP” Porter (D) – 4,396/33.66% Kyle McNorton (R) – 8,663/66.34% District 51 Linda Morse (D) – 3,672/31.22% Megan D. Steele (R) – 8,090/68.78% District 52 Jacquie Whitney Lightcap (D) – 6,097/44.36% Jesse Borjon (R) – 7,646/55.64% District 53 Kirk R. Haskins (D) – 5,556/51.10% Jeff Coen (R) – 4,742/43.61% Aric Hermann (L) – 575/5.29% District 54 Jade Pearson Ramsdell (D) – 3,825/32.27% Ken Corbet (R) – 8,028/67/73% District 55 Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) – 5,662/63.23% Michael Barron (R) – 3,292/36.77% District 56 Virgil Weigel (D) – 5,925/54.64% Pennie Boyer-Kloos (R) – 4,918/45.36% District 57 John Alcala (D) – 4,140/58.96% Donna J. McGinty (R) – 2,882/41.04% District 58 Alexis Simmons (D) – 4,759/63.54% Michael Mathewson (R) – 2,731/36.46% District 59 Michael Lewis (D) – 3,030/27.73% Rebecca Schmoe (R) – 7,895/72.27% District 60 Mic McGuire (D) – 3,580/41.98% Mark Schreiber (R) – 4,948/58.02% District 61 Francis Awerkamp (R) – 6,678/64.97% Robert Thomas (L) – 3,600/35.03% District 65 Lorraine M Ceniceros (D) – 2,653/42.98% Shawn Chauncey (R) – 3,519/57.02% District 67 Kim Zito (D) – 5,175/47.57% Angel Roeser (R) – 5,704/52.43% District 68 Michael Seymour II (D) – 1,990/31.06% Nathan (Nate) Butler (R) – 4,417/68.94% District 69 Lori Blake (D) – 4,013/41.79% Clarke Sanders (R) – 5,590/58.21% District 72 Heidi Hoskinson (D) – 3,633/34.86% Avery Anderson (R) – 6,788/65.14% District 74 Jenna Ratzlaff (D) – 3,236/29.34% Mike King (R) – 7,794/70.66% District 78 Daniel Goodman (D) – 5,767/45.60% Robyn R. Essex (R) – 6,880/54.40% District 79 Siobhan McIntyre (D) – 2,806/27.25% Webster T. Roth (R) – 7,491/72.75% District 82 Kyle Beauchamp (D) – 3,626/32.70% Leah Howell (R) – 7,464/67.30% District 83 Henry Helgerson (D) – 4,037/58.02% Erik Seligman (R) – 2,921/41.98% District 85 Aonya Kendrick Barnett (D) – 5,005/42.15% Patrick A. Penn (R) – 6,870/57.85% District 87 Mike Snider (D) – 5,140/45.71% Susan Oliver Estes (R) – 6,105/54.29% District 88 Veronica Gillette (D) – 4,337/48.94% Sandy Pickert (R) – 4,524/51.06% District 90 Tracy Edingfield (D) – 3,373/29.04% Steve Huebert (R) – 8,243/70.96% District 91 Keisha McClish Couts (D) – 4,216/34.11% Emil Bergquist (R) – 8,145/65.89% District 93 Justin L. Shore (D) – 2,863/25.28% Brian Bergkamp (R) – 8,464/74.72% District 95 Tom Sawyer (D) – 3,289/53.96% Christopher Parisho (R) – 2,806/46.04% District 96 Dan Johnson (D) – 2,412/42.59% Tom Kessler (R) – 29,47/52.04% Joseph Trotter (L) – 304/5.37% District 97 Christine Pruitt (D) – 3,244/38.52% Nick Hoheisel (R) – 5,177/61.48% District 98 Carol Brewer (D) – 2,654/37.78% Cyndi Howerton (R) – 4,370/62.22% District 100 Mike McCorkle (D) – 4,753/39.21% Daniel Hawkins (R) – 7,368/60.79% District 102 Jason Probst (D) – 3,478/47.97% Kyler Sweely (R) – 3,772/52.03% District 104 Lynnette Krieger-Zook (D) – 4,355/35.46% Paul Waggoner (R) – 7,925/64.54% District 105 John Burke (D) – 3,654/41% Jill Ann Ward (R) – 5,258/59% District 109 Keith Griffin (D) – 1,288/11.57% Troy L. Waymaster (R) – 8,884/79.78% Peter Solie (L) – 964/8.66% District 110 Ellace Henderson (D) – 1,665/14.87% Ken Rahjes (R) – 9,531/85.13% District 111 Joseph Burt Lantz IV (D) – 2,826/26.75% Barb Wasinger (R) – 7,739/73.25% District 112 Mark Rondeau (D) – 2,547/28.55% Sherri Brantley (R) – 6,375/71.45% District 113 Jo Ann Roth (D) – 2,467/22.92% Brett Fairchild (R) – 8,296/77.08% District 117 Bill Hammond (D) – 6,320/42.50% Adam Turk (R) – 8,552/57.50% District 121 Mel Pinick (D) – 5,454/44.51% John Resman (R) – 6,800/55.49% District 123 Tracy Meinzer (D) – 2,288/34.59% Bob Lewis (R) – 4,327/65.41% What happened to these Kansas counties and why do they no longer exist? For more local election news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track Weather app by clicking here. Follow Matthew Self on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MatthewLeoSelf