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1996 Kansas U.S. Senate Special

Kansas · 3 candidates · See every 1996 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1996 Kansas U.S. Senate Special?

Sam Brownback won the 1996 Kansas U.S. Senate Special. Sam Brownback received 574,021 popular votes (53.91%). The main challenger was Jill Docking (43.33%).

See the full head-to-head between Brownback and Docking

Brownback +10.6 pts · won by 112,677 votes
Sam BrownbackRepublicanWINNER53.91%
574,021 votes
Jill DockingDemocratic43.33%
461,344 votes
Donald R. KlaassenReform2.76%
29,351 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.