Candace Ayars
Candace Ayars (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 20. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Ayars was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 20 of the Kansas State Senate.
Elections
2024
See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kansas State Senate District 20
Incumbent Brenda Dietrich defeated Candace Ayars in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brenda Dietrich (R) | 61.1 | 21,351 |
 | Candace Ayars (D) | 38.9 | 13,565 | |
| Total votes: 34,916 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 20
Candace Ayars advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 20 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Candace Ayars | 100.0 | 2,818 |
| Total votes: 2,818 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 20
Incumbent Brenda Dietrich defeated Joshua Powell in the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 20 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brenda Dietrich | 52.6 | 4,253 |
 | Joshua Powell | 47.4 | 3,830 | |
| Total votes: 8,083 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ayars in this election.
2016
- See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Kansas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Incumbent Vicki Schmidt defeated Candace Ayars in the Kansas State Senate District 20 general election.[1][2]
| Kansas State Senate, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Vicki Schmidt Incumbent |
65.36% | 22,216 | |
| Democratic | Candace Ayars | 34.64% | 11,775 | |
| Total Votes | 33,991 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Candace Ayars defeated Dennis Rogers, Rick Munoz Cortez and Clarence Hinchy in the Kansas State Senate District 20 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Kansas State Senate, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Candace Ayars |
46.80% | 1,755 | |
| Democratic | Dennis Rogers | 26.80% | 1,005 | |
| Democratic | Rick Munoz Cortez | 20.27% | 760 | |
| Democratic | Clarence Hinchy | 6.13% | 230 | |
| Total Votes | 3,750 | |||
Incumbent Vicki Schmidt defeated Joe Patton in the Kansas State Senate District 20 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Kansas State Senate, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Vicki Schmidt Incumbent |
53.39% | 5,853 | |
| Republican | Joe Patton | 46.61% | 5,110 | |
| Total Votes | 10,963 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
