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1984 United States Senate election in Kansas

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1984 United States Senate election in Kansas

← 1978 November 6, 1984 1990 →
 
Nominee Nancy Kassebaum James R. Maher
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 757,402 211,664
Percentage 75.99% 21.24%

County results
Kassebaum:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

U.S. senator before election

Nancy Kassebaum
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Nancy Kassebaum
Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 6, 1984.

Incumbent Senator Nancy Kassebaum was re-elected to a second term in office.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Senator Kassebaum was unopposed for renomination by the Republican Party.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • James R. Maher, financial consultant and Conservative Party nominee for Senate in 1978

Results

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Maher was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Independents and third parties

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American

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  • Marian Ruck Jackson, nominee for Lt. Governor in 1978 and 1982

Conservative

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  • Lucille Bieger, resident of Russell

Libertarian

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  • Douglas N. Merritt, resident of Atchison

Prohibition

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General election

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Results

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General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nancy Kassebaum (incumbent) 757,402 75.99% Increase22.13
Democratic James R. Maher 211,664 21.24% Decrease21.17
Conservative Marian R. Jackson 9,380 0.94% Decrease2.06
American Marian R. Jackson 6,918 0.69% Increase0.69
Libertarian Douglas N. Merritt 6,755 0.68% Increase0.68
Prohibition Freda H. Steele 4,610 0.46% Decrease0.26
Total votes 996,729 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ <ID> "Our Campaigns". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 12, 2019.