Moran reelected to the US Senate

 

Incumbent Republican Jerry Moran has been reelected to represent Kansas in the US Senate. 

 

 

Moran beat Democratic challenger Mark Holland by a margin of 23%.

Holland previously served as the mayor of Kansas City, Kansas.

Moran received 60% of the vote, and Holland received 37%.

Libertarian David Graham received 3% of the vote.

 

Moran received the second highest number of votes of any statewide candidate in Kansas this year. Only incumbent Republican Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt received more votes than Moran.

Holland received the second-fewest votes of any statewide major-party candidate. The only major-party statewide candidate who received fewer votes was Democratic Insurance Commissioner candidate Kiel Corkran.

These results indicate moderate Republican voters, the king-makers in Kansas politics, continue to view Moran quite positively.

The US Senate race received the second greatest number of total votes in the statewide races on the ballot. The US Senate race was second only to the Governor’s race in terms of the number of votes cast.

 

I predicted Moran would win reelection by a margin of 20%.

Considering Moran won by 23%, I’d say my prediction was fairly close.

I voted for Holland in the US Senate election.

 

Moran’s victory closely aligns with the average outcome of US Senate races in Kansas.

A Republican won the five previous most-recent US Senate races in Kansas, by an average margin of 24%.

 

Moran’s margin is less than his previous elections to the US Senate.

In 2010, Moran won the general election by a margin of 44%.

In 2016, Moran won re-election by a margin of 30%.

 

But Moran won re-election this year by considerably more than Roger Marshall and Pat Roberts, the two other US Senators recently elected to represent Kansas.

In 2020, Marshall (R) won the US Senate race against Barbara Bollier (D) by a margin of 11%.

In 2014, Roberts (R) won re-election against independent candidate Greg Orman by 11%.