The 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held November 5, 1996, concurrently with the presidential election and the regularly scheduled election for the state's Class 2 seat. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee for president, had resigned on June 11, 1996, in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole's resignation, but she was defeated in the primary by Representative Sam Brownback, who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking.
1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas
Brownback served in the U.S. Senate from 1996 to 2011 and later as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018; in his successful 2014 gubernatorial re-election campaign, he had faced off again against Docking when she was the unsuccessful 2014 Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial nominee.
Brownback was elected to a full term in 1998, and was re-elected to a second full term in 2004. In 2010, Brownback was elected governor, and won a second term in 2014. He resigned as governor on January 31, 2018, to accept an ambassadorship and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer.
Brownback's seat is now held by Jerry Moran, a U.S. Representative from Kansas' 1st district for seven terms (1997-2011).
Docking was the running mate of the Democratic nominee, state representative and Minority Leader Paul Davis, in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
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1996, united, states, senate, special, election, kansas, other, senate, election, kansas, held, parallel, 1996, united, states, senate, election, kansas, held, november, 1996, concurrently, with, presidential, election, regularly, scheduled, election, state, c. For the other Senate election in Kansas held in parallel see 1996 United States Senate election in Kansas The 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held November 5 1996 concurrently with the presidential election and the regularly scheduled election for the state s Class 2 seat Incumbent Republican U S Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole the Republican nominee for president had resigned on June 11 1996 in order to focus on his presidential campaign Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole s resignation but she was defeated in the primary by Representative Sam Brownback who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas 1992 November 5 1996 1998 Nominee Sam Brownback Jill Docking Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 574 021 461 344 Percentage 53 91 43 33 County results Brownback 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Docking 50 60 60 70 U S senator before election Sheila Frahm Republican Elected U S Senator Sam Brownback Republican Brownback served in the U S Senate from 1996 to 2011 and later as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018 in his successful 2014 gubernatorial re election campaign he had faced off again against Docking when she was the unsuccessful 2014 Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial nominee Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Aftermath 5 See also 6 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Sam Brownback U S Congressman and former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Sheila Frahm incumbent U S Senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Christina Campbell Cline accountant Results edit Republican primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Sam Brownback 187 914 54 82 Republican Sheila Frahm incumbent 142 487 41 57 Republican Christina Campbell Cline 12 378 3 61 Total votes 342 779 100 00 Democratic primary editCandidates edit Jill Docking businesswoman and daughter in law of former Kansas Governor Robert Docking Joan Finney former Governor of Kansas and former Kansas State Treasurer Results edit Democratic primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jill Docking 127 012 74 39 Democratic Joan Finney 43 726 25 61 Total votes 170 738 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Sam Brownback R U S Congressman and former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Jill Docking D businesswoman and daughter in law of former Kansas Governor Robert Docking Donald Klaassen Reform businessman Results edit General election results 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Sam Brownback 574 021 53 91 8 78 Democratic Jill Docking 461 344 43 33 12 30 Reform Donald R Klaassen 29 351 2 76 Majority 112 677 10 58 21 08 Turnout 1 064 716 Republican hold SwingAftermath editBrownback was elected to a full term in 1998 and was re elected to a second full term in 2004 In 2010 Brownback was elected governor and won a second term in 2014 He resigned as governor on January 31 2018 to accept an ambassadorship and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer Brownback s seat is now held by Jerry Moran a U S Representative from Kansas 1st district for seven terms 1997 2011 Docking was the running mate of the Democratic nominee state representative and Minority Leader Paul Davis in the 2014 gubernatorial election See also edit1996 United States Senate electionsReferences edit 1996 Primary Election US Senate Races 1996 Primary Election US Senate Races Office of the Clerk U S House of Representatives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas amp oldid 1211551193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
