2016 United States Senate election in Kansas

The 2016 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.

2016 United States Senate election in Kansas

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Nominee Jerry Moran Patrick Wiesner Robert Garrard
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 732,376 379,740 65,760
Percentage 62.18% 32.24% 5.58%

Moran:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Wiesner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

U.S. senator before election

Jerry Moran
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jerry Moran
Republican

Incumbent Republican Senator Jerry Moran won re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jerry Moran, incumbent senator
  • D.J. Smith, former Osawatomie city councilwoman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014

Declined

  • Tim Huelskamp, U.S. Representative
  • Mike Pompeo, U.S. Representative
  • Todd Tiahrt, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
  • Milton Wolf, radiologist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jerry
Moran
Dennis
Pyle
Milton
Wolf
Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Moran) February 28 – March 3, 2015 500 ± 4.38% 73% 9% 18%
70% 18% 12%

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerry Moran (Incumbent) 230,907 79.09%
Republican D. J. Smith 61,056 20.91%
Total votes 291,963 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Monique Singh-Bey, member of Universal African Peoples Organization
  • Patrick Wiesner, attorney and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2014

Declined

  • Carl Brewer, former mayor of Wichita
  • Paul Davis, former minority leader of the Kansas House of Representatives and nominee for Governor of Kansas in 2014
  • Jill Docking, businesswoman, former member of the Kansas Board of Regents, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996 and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014
  • Dan Glickman, former U.S. Representative and former United States Secretary of Agriculture
  • Greg Orman, businessman and independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
  • Joe Reardon, former mayor of Kansas City and Wyandotte County
  • Kathleen Sebelius, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and former governor of Kansas
  • Jim Slattery, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2008
  • Margie Wakefield, attorney and nominee for Kansas's 2nd congressional district in 2014

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Wiesner 59,522 62.94%
Democratic Monique Singh-Bey 35,042 37.06%
Total votes 94,564 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Robert Garrard, nominee for KS-02 in 2008
Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Robert Garrard   100.00%
Total votes   100.00%

Independent

Candidates

Declined

  • Greg Orman, businessman and Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Safe R November 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report Safe R November 3, 2016
Daily Kos Safe R November 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics Safe R November 7, 2016

Polling

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View source data.
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jerry
Moran (R)
Patrick
Wiesner (D)
Robert
Garrard (L)
Undecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 2016 1,311 ± 4.6% 59% 37% 4%
SurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 2016 1,139 ± 4.6% 58% 38% 4%
Fort Hays State University November 1–3, 2016 313 ± 3.5% 77% 13% 10% 0%
SurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 2016 1,162 ± 4.6% 58% 38% 4%
SurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 2016 1,123 ± 4.6% 57% 38% 5%
SurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 2016 1,164 ± 4.6% 57% 38% 5%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016 1,273 ± 4.6% 56% 39% 5%
KSN News/SurveyUSA October 26–30, 2016 596 ± 4.1% 55% 31% 6% 8%
KSN News/SurveyUSA October 11–15, 2016 549 ± 4.2% 56% 31% 5% 8%
KSN News/SurveyUSA September 6–11, 2016 565 ± 4.2% 50% 34% 6% 11%
KSN News/SurveyUSA August 3–7, 2016 566 ± 4.2% 52% 32% 6% 10%
KSN News/SurveyUSA July 8–11, 2016 537 ± 4.3% 52% 33% 15%
Hypothetical polling

with Monique Singh-Bey

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jerry
Moran (R)
Monique
Singh-Bey (D)
Undecided
KSN News/SurveyUSA July 8–11, 2016 537 ± 4.3% 54% 30% 15%

with Kathleen Sebelius

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jerry
Moran (R)
Kathleen
Sebelius (D)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 11–14, 2014 1,328 ± 2.7% 52% 37% 11%

Results

2016 United States Senate election in Kansas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry Moran (incumbent) 732,376 62.18% −7.91%
Democratic Patrick Wiesner 379,740 32.24% +5.86%
Libertarian Robert D. Garrard 65,760 5.58% +3.44%
Independent DJ Smith (write-in) 46 0.00% N/A
Total votes 1,177,922 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

By congressional district

Moran won all four congressional districts.

District Moran Wiesner Garrard Representative
1st 76% 19% 5% Roger Marshall
2nd 59% 36% 5% Lynn Jenkins
3rd 53% 42% 6% Kevin Yoder
4th 64% 30% 6% Mike Pompeo

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