Kansas 43rd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38.0%
4,172 votes · R+20.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 37.4%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
87.1%
363 votes · R+74.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 83.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,172votes
38.0% of the vote · R+20.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,163 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,749votes
60.6% of the vote · R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,361 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−21.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+23.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −24.4 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+77.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.8 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +71.3 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
RBill SuttonState House · 43
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
U.S. House elections · 1 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year
Vote lead
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.4%7,176
42.6%5,315
12,491
Kansas 43rd State House District sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 74.6 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.2 points.
A population of 23,744, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,224 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 5 and State House District 26.
Akashic
Political twins — state-house districts
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons → · Or open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Kansas 43rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20043/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
How did Kansas 43rd State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kansas 43rd State House District voted Republican by 23.2 points (R+23.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,142 votes cast, 4,163 went Democratic and 6,749 went Republican.
How many people live in Kansas 43rd State House District?
Kansas 43rd State House District has a population of 23,744 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kansas 43rd State House District?
Median household income in Kansas 43rd State House District is $99,224 — above the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kansas 43rd State House District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kansas 43rd State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 37 went Republican.