Pat Roberts, U.S. Senator

Pat Roberts

U.S. Senator
Born
April 20, 1936
Current age
90
Home state
Kansas
Party
Republican
On the ballot
1980–2014
12-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Roberts3.7M
Opponents1.8M
12
Elections run

Between 1980 and 2014, Pat Roberts ran in 12 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 12. Roberts's biggest single-election total was 727,121 votes, in the 2008 U.S. Senate election in Kansas. Roberts's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in Kansas's District 1, decided by 41,578 votes.

Browse every U.S. Senate election in Kansas, every U.S. House race in Kansas's District 1, or all 2014 U.S. Senate races.

How many votes has Pat Roberts received?

Pat Roberts has received 3,655,862 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.

Election history

Pat Roberts’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2014U.S. SenateKansasWon460,35053.15%Greg Orman
Randall Batson
2008U.S. SenateKansasWon727,12160.06%Jim Slattery
Randall L. Hodgkinson

Joseph L. Martin
2002U.S. SenateKansasWon641,07582.52%Steven A. Rosile (head-to-head)
George Cook
1996U.S. SenateKansasWon652,67762.02%Sally Thompson
Mark S. Marney

Steven A. Rosile (head-to-head)
1994U.S. HouseKansasWon169,53177.41%Terry L. Nichols
1992U.S. HouseKansasWon194,91268.32%Duane West (head-to-head)
Steven A. Rosile (head-to-head)
1990U.S. HouseKansasWon102,97462.64%Duane West (head-to-head)
1988U.S. HouseKansasWon168,700100%
1986U.S. HouseKansasWon141,29776.52%Dale Lyon
1984U.S. HouseKansasWon159,93175.88%Darrell T. Ringer
Clement N. Scoggin
1982U.S. HouseKansasWon115,74968.44%Kent Roth
Kent Earnest
1980U.S. HouseKansasWon121,54562.29%Phil Martin
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (R000307) and Wikidata (Q538375). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Pat Roberts: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/pat-roberts. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.