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Kansas, State House, District 4

Kansas House of Representatives District 4
Current incumbentTrevor Jacobs Republican Party

Kansas' fourth state house district is represented by Republican Representative Trevor Jacobs.

Kansas state representatives represent an average of 22,825 residents. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 21,507 residents.

About the chamber

Members of the Kansas House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Kansas legislators assume office the second Monday of January after their election.

Qualifications

Section 4 of Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution states, "During the time that any person is a candidate for nomination or election to the legislature and during the term of each legislator, such candidate or legislator shall be and remain a qualified elector who resides in his or her district."

Salaries

State legislators
SalaryPer diem
$88.66/day$144/day

Pension

As of 2011, when pensions are calculated for Kansas legislators, their normal annual salary is inflated by nearly $78,000. This is composed of $32,982, which comes from multiplying their daily salary by 372 (the number of days they would work if in session every day and if every month had 31 days), $45,756 from adding in their daily per diem (also based on 372 days) and $7,083 from expense payments. According to former state Senator Steve Morris, this is intended as compensation because of low legislative salaries which are seen as difficult to raise.

Vacancies

The Governor is responsible for filling all vacancies in the house.

The political party committee that last held the vacant seat must call for a convention within 21 days of the vacancy. The convention is designed to select the Governor's appointee and involves all the committeemen and committeewomen that represent the vacant house district.

The committeemen and committeewomen present for voting must approve a replacement on a simple majority vote. Once the vote has been conducted, the party committee must send the paperwork certifying the selection to the Governor within 24 hours or the next business day. The Governor has seven days after receiving the paperwork to act on the appointment.

Elections

2020

Elections for the office of Kansas House of Representatives will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for August 4, 2020. The filing deadline is June 1, 2020.

2018

General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Trevor Jacobs (R) defeated Lawrence Forbach (D) in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Trevor Jacobs (R)
75.0
5,883

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Lawrence Forbach (D)
25.0
1,963

Total votes: 7,846
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 4

Lawrence Forbach advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 4 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Lawrence Forbach (D)
100
693

Total votes: 693
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Trevor Jacobs advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 4 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Trevor Jacobs (R)
100
2,453

Total votes: 2,453

2016

Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives were held 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 Marty Read (R) did not seek re-election.

Trevor Jacobs ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 4 general election.

Kansas House of Representatives, District 4 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Trevor Jacobs (unopposed)
Source: Kansas Secretary of State


Trevor Jacobs defeated Rick James and Arlyn Briggs in the Kansas House of Representatives District 4 Republican primary.

Kansas House of Representatives, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Trevor Jacobs 57.88% 1,749
Republican Rick James 36.47% 1,102
Republican Arlyn Briggs 5.66% 171
Total Votes 3,022

2014

Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Lucas Cosens was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Marty Read was unopposed in the Republican primary. Read defeated Cosens in the general election.

Kansas House of Representatives District 4, General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMarty Read Incumbent 68.2% 5,126
Democratic Lucas Cosens 31.8% 2,387
Total Votes 7,513

2012

Elections for the office of Kansas House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on August 7, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 11, 2012. Marty Read (R) defeated Shirley Palmer (D) in the general election. Palmer was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Read defeated Arlyn Briggs and Lynne Oharah in the Republican primary.

Kansas House of Representatives, District 4, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMarty Read 62.6% 6,084
Democratic Shirley Palmer 37.4% 3,629
Total Votes 9,713

Kansas House of Representatives, District 4 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMarty Read 72.5% 2,451
Lynne Oharah 23% 778
Arlyn Briggs 4.6% 154
Total Votes 3,383

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for Kansas House of Representatives District 4 raised a total of $358,445. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $14,338 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, Kansas House of Representatives District 4

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $8,556 3 $2,852
2014 $28,517 2 $14,259
2012 $45,350 5 $9,070
2010 $95,015 3 $31,672
2008 $65,908 2 $32,954
2006 $49,486 2 $24,743
2004 $34,837 4 $8,709
2002 $22,196 3 $7,399
2000 $8,580 1 $8,580
Total $358,445 25 $14,338