United States Senate election in Kansas, 1996

United States Senate election in Kansas, 1996
Kansas
November 5, 1996

 
Nominee Pat Roberts Sally Thompson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 652,677 362,380
Percentage 62.0% 34.4%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Nancy Kassebaum
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Pat Roberts
Republican

The 1996 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Pat Roberts won the open seat.

Term limits were an issue during the campaign; while Roberts said that he was not totally opposed to term limits, he was wary of limits that did not apply to current members of Congress, saying that the proposed limits should apply to everyone. While Thompson signed the national term limits pledge from the group Americans for Limited Terms, Roberts declined to do so, becoming the only major party candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 1996 elections to not sign the pledge.[1] However, he did say that "I plan only to serve two terms in the U.S. Senate."[2] In 2014, he was elected to a fourth term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Party primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sally Thompson 121,476 100.00%
Total votes 121,476 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Roberts 245,411 78.21
Republican Tom Little 25,052 7.98%
Republican Tom Oyler 23,266 7.42%
Republican Richard L. Cooley 20,060 6.39%
Total votes 313,789 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Pat Roberts 652,677 62.02% -11.57%
Democratic Sally Thompson 362,380 34.44% +8.05%
Reform Mark S. Marney 24,145 2.29%
Libertarian Steven Rosile 13,098 1.25%
Majority 290,297 27.59% -19.61%
Turnout 1,052,300
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Roberts sole candidate to resist term limits tide". Lawrence Journal-World. September 25, 1996. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pat Roberts Said In 1996 He’d Only Serve Two Terms — He’s Running For His Fourth". BuzzFeed. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.kssos.org/elections/96elec/96sum/p96ussum.html
  4. ↑ http://www.kssos.org/elections/96elec/96sum/p96ussum.html
  5. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm#16
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