Compositions of The Senate
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the Changes in membership section, below.
Kansas is one of the most GOP-leaning states in the country, and the Republicans have held a majority in the State Senate for decades. The Republicans as a whole currently hold a supermajority in the chamber. In practice, however, the Senate is governed by a coalition of Democrats and more moderate Republicans, in opposition to the conservative wing of the Republican Senators. However during the primaries many moderate Republicans were ousted effectively giving the conservative wing a majority.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Ind | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 30 | 10 | 40 | 0 | |
| Begin (January 2009) | 31 | 9 | 40 | 0 | |
| November 2010 | 8 | 39 | 1 | ||
| December 17, 2010 | 32 | 7 | |||
| January 3, 2011 | |||||
| January 10, 2011 | |||||
| February 2011 | 8 | 40 | 0 | ||
| September 2, 2012 | 31 | 8 | 1 | ||
| End of Previous Legislature | |||||
| Begin | 31 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 77.5% | 22.5% | |||
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