Kansas' 3rd Congressional District

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District

Incumbent

Sharice Davids

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Sharice Davids (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Kansas representatives represented an average of 735,216 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 715,953 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Prasanth Reddy and Steve Roberts in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	53.2	201,859
		Prasanth Reddy (R)	42.8	162,249
		Steve Roberts (L)	4.0	15,106

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 379,214
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	37,837

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,837
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Prasanth Reddy defeated Karen Crnkovich in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Prasanth Reddy	53.1	26,573
		Karen Crnkovich	46.9	23,510

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,083
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathon Westbrook (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Steve Roberts advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on April 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Roberts (L)

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2022

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Amanda Adkins and Steve Hohe in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	54.9	165,527
		Amanda Adkins (R)	42.8	128,839
		Steve Hohe (L)	2.3	6,928

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 301,294
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	103,945

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,945
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Amanda Adkins defeated John McCaughrean in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Adkins	77.2	96,896
		John McCaughrean	22.8	28,573

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 125,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Tallent (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Steve Hohe advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Hohe (L)

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2020

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Amanda Adkins and Steve Hohe in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	53.6	220,049
		Amanda Adkins (R)	43.6	178,773
		Steve Hohe (L)	2.8	11,596

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 410,418
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	74,437

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,437
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Amanda Adkins defeated Sara Hart Weir, Adrienne Vallejo Foster, Mike Beehler, and Tom Love in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Adkins	30.6	29,082
		Sara Hart Weir	23.0	21,833
		Adrienne Vallejo Foster	20.1	19,057
		Mike Beehler	19.4	18,399
		Tom Love	6.9	6,533

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,904 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Sharice Davids defeated incumbent Kevin Yoder and Chris Clemmons in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	53.6	170,518
		Kevin Yoder (R)	43.9	139,762
		Chris Clemmons (L)	2.5	8,021

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 318,301
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	37.3	23,379
		Brent Welder	33.8	21,190
		Tom Niermann	14.3	8,939
		Mike McCamon	7.0	4,354
		Sylvia Williams	4.7	2,955
		Jay Sidie	2.9	1,790

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,607
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Reggie Marselus (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Kevin Yoder defeated Trevor Keegan and Joe Myers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Yoder	68.1	53,130
		Trevor Keegan	18.7	14,574
		Joe Myers	13.2	10,268

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,972
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2016

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent Kevin Yoder (R) defeated Jay Sidie (D) and Steve Hohe (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Yoder defeated Greg Goode in the Republican primary, while Sidie defeated Reggie Marselus and Nathaniel McLaughlin to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 2, 2016.^[1][2]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Yoder Incumbent	51.3%	176,022
	Democratic	Jay Sidie	40.6%	139,300
	Libertarian	Steve Hohe	8.1%	27,791
Total Votes				343,113
Source: Kansas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jay Sidie	41.5%	13,879
Nathaniel McLaughlin	36.2%	12,105
Reggie Marselus	22.2%	7,435
Total Votes		33,419
Source: Kansas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kevin Yoder Incumbent	63.6%	37,681
Greg Goode	36.4%	21,563
Total Votes		59,244
Source: Kansas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Kansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kevin Yoder (R) defeated challenger Kelly Kultala (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Yoder Incumbent	60%	134,493
	Democratic	Kelly Kultala	40%	89,584
Total Votes				224,077
Source: Kansas Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Kevin Yoder - Incumbent
• Kelly Kultala

August 5, 2014, primary results

2012

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Kansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Kevin Yoder (R) won re-election. He defeated Joel Balam (L) in the general election.^[5]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Yoder Incumbent	68.5%	201,087
	Libertarian	Joel Balam	31.5%	92,675
Total Votes				293,762
Source: Kansas Secretary of State "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Kevin Yoder won election to the United States House. He defeated Stephene Moore (D) and Jasmin Talbert (Libertarian) in the general election.^[6]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Yoder	58.4%	136,246
	Democratic	Stephene Moore	38.7%	90,193
	Libertarian	Jasmin Talbert	2.9%	6,846
Total Votes				233,285

2008
On November 4, 2008, Dennis Moore won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Nick Jordan (R), Joe Bellis (L), Roger D. Tucker (Reform Party) in the general election.^[7]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dennis Moore incumbent	56.4%	202,541
	Republican	Nick Jordan	39.7%	142,307
	Libertarian	Joe Bellis	2.8%	10,073
	Reform Party	Roger D. Tucker	1.1%	3,937
Total Votes				358,858

2006
On November 7, 2006, Dennis Moore won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Chuck Ahner (R) and Robert A. Conroy (Reform Party) in the general election.^[8]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dennis Moore incumbent	64.6%	153,105
	Republican	Chuck Ahner	33.7%	79,824
	Reform Party	Robert A. Conroy	1.7%	4,051
Total Votes				236,980

2004
On November 2, 2004, Dennis Moore won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kris Kobach (R), Joe Bellis (L) and Richard Wells (Reform Party) in the general election.^[9]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dennis Moore incumbent	54.8%	184,050
	Republican	Kris Kobach	43.3%	145,542
	Libertarian	Joe Bellis	1%	3,191
	Reform Party	Richard Wells	0.9%	2,956
Total Votes				335,739

2002
On November 5, 2002, Dennis Moore won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Adam Taff (R), Douglas Martin (L) and Dawn Bly (Reform Party) in the general election.^[10]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dennis Moore incumbent	50.2%	110,095
	Republican	Adam Taff	46.9%	102,882
	Libertarian	Douglas Martin	0.6%	1,366
	Reform Party	Dawn Bly	2.3%	5,046
Total Votes				219,389

2000
On November 7, 2000, Dennis Moore won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Phil Kline (R) and Chris Mina (L) in the general election.^[11]

U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dennis Moore incumbent	50%	154,505
	Republican	Phil Kline	46.9%	144,672
	Libertarian	Chris Mina	3.1%	9,553
Total Votes				308,730

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Kansas after the 2020 census

On May 18, 2022, the Kansas Supreme Court overturned a district court's ruling that found that the state's enacted congressional district boundaries were unconstitutional. In a two-page order, Justice Caleb Stegall wrote for the court, "A majority of the court holds that, on the record before us, plaintiffs have not prevailed on their claims that Substitute for Senate Bill 355 violates the Kansas Constitution."^[12] On April 25, 2022, Wyandotte County District Court Judge Bill Klapper had struck down Kansas' enacted congressional map. The judge's ruling stated, "The Court has no difficulty finding, as a factual matter, that Ad Astra 2 is an intentional, effective pro-Republican gerrymander that systemically dilutes the votes of Democratic Kansans."^[13]

Klapper's opinion also said that the state's new district boundaries "intentionally and effectively dilutes minority votes in violation of the Kansas Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection."^[13] The ruling had enjoined Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab (R) and local election officials from using the previously enacted maps for the state's upcoming elections and directed the legislature to "enact a remedial plan in conformity with this opinion as expeditiously as possible."^[13]

Kansas enacted congressional district boundaries on February 9, 2022, when both the state Senate and House overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's (D) veto of a redistricting plan that the legislature passed. The House of Representatives overrode Kelly’s veto 85-37 on February 9, 2022, with all votes in favor by Republicans, and 36 Democrats and one Republican voting to sustain the veto. The Senate overrode Kelly’s veto 27-11 strictly along party lines on February 8, 2022, with all votes in favor by Republicans and all votes opposed by Democrats.^[14] The state Senate originally approved the congressional district map proposal on January 21, 2022, and the state House of Representatives approved it on January 26, 2022.^{[15][16][17][18]} Kelly had vetoed the congressional map on February 3, 2022.

Andrew Bahl of the Topeka Capital-Journal wrote that the "maps were hotly contested, largely for the decision to split Wyandotte County and put part of the Kansas City, Kan., area in the 2nd Congressional District, a move that endangers the state's lone Democrat in Congress, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, and, Democrats argue, unfairly divides minority communities."^[19] John Hanna of the Associated Press wrote that the congressional district plan "politically hurts the state’s only Democrat in Congress, likely plunging Kansas into a national legal brawl amid the contest for control of the U.S. House."^[20]

How does redistricting in Kansas work? In Kansas, the state legislature draws both congressional and state legislative district lines. Redistricting plans are subject to veto by the governor. State legislative district maps must be submitted for final approval to the Kansas Supreme Court, which must determine whether the maps are constitutional. If the court rules that the maps violate the law, the state legislature may attempt to draw the lines again. There are no such provisions in place for congressional redistricting.^[21]

In 2002, Kansas adopted guidelines for congressional and state legislative redistricting. These guidelines ask that "both congressional and state legislative districts be contiguous, as compact as possible, and recognize and consider communities of common 'social, cultural, racial, ethnic, and economic' interests." In addition, these guidelines stipulate that state legislative districts should "preserve existing political subdivisions and avoid contests between incumbents to the extent possible." Congressional districts should "preserve whole counties and maintain the core of existing districts where possible." The state legislature may amend these guidelines at its discretion.^[21]

2010-2011

This is the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas after the 2001 redistricting process. The current district is displayed in the infobox at the top of the page.

See also: Redistricting in Kansas after the 2010 census

In 2012, the Kansas State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kansas' 3rd the 219th most Republican district nationally.^[22]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 51.2%-46.7%.^[23]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kansas' 3rd the 219th most Republican district nationally.^[24]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 51.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 46.7%.^[25]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kansas' 3rd Congressional District the 208th most Republican nationally.^[26]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.05. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.05 points toward that party.^[27]

See also

• Redistricting in Kansas
• Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
• Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
• Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 3

Footnotes