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The1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held on November 5, 1996, concurrently with thepresidential election and the regularly scheduledelection for the state's Class 2 seat. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole, the Republican nominee for president, had resigned on June 11, 1996, in order to focus onhis presidential campaign. Lieutenant GovernorSheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole's resignation, but she was defeated in the primary by RepresentativeSam Brownback, who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking.
Brownback served in the U.S. Senate from 1996 to 2011 and later as governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018; in his successful 2014 gubernatorial re-election campaign, he had faced off again against Docking when she was the unsuccessful Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Sam Brownback | 187,914 | 54.82% | |
| Republican | Sheila Frahm (incumbent) | 142,487 | 41.57% | |
| Republican | Christina Campbell-Cline | 12,378 | 3.61% | |
| Total votes | 342,779 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jill Docking | 127,012 | 74.39% | |
| Democratic | Joan Finney | 43,726 | 25.61% | |
| Total votes | 170,738 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Sam Brownback | 574,021 | 53.91% | −8.78% | |
| Democratic | Jill Docking | 461,344 | 43.33% | +12.30% | |
| Reform | Donald R. Klaassen | 29,351 | 2.76% | ||
| Majority | 112,677 | 10.58% | −21.08% | ||
| Turnout | 1,064,716 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
Brownback was elected to a full termin 1998, and was re-elected to a second full termin 2004.In 2010, Brownback was electedgovernor, and won a second termin 2014. He resigned as governor on January 31, 2018, to accept an ambassadorship, and was succeeded by Lieutenant GovernorJeff Colyer.
Brownback's seat is now held byJerry Moran, a U.S. representative from Kansas' 1st district for seven terms (1997-2011).
Docking was the running mate of the Democratic nominee, state representative and Minority Leader Paul Davis, in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
