Kansas's 3rd congressional district
{{Short description|U.S. House district for Kansas}}
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{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
| state = Kansas
| district number = 3
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| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
| representative = Sharice Davids
| party = Democratic
| residence = Roeland Park
| english area =
| metric area =
| percent urban = 94.65
| percent rural = 5.35
| population = 749,221
| population year = 2023
| median income = $95,141{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=20&cd=03|title=My Congressional District|first=US Census Bureau|last=Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP)|website=www.census.gov}}
| percent white = 75.0
| percent hispanic = 10.0
| percent black = 4.6
| percent asian = 4.7
| percent more than one race = 4.9
| percent other race = 0.7
| percent blue collar =
| percent white collar =
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Kansas's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in eastern Kansas, the district encompasses all of Anderson, Franklin, Johnson and Miami counties and parts of Wyandotte County. The district includes most of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including all of Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Gardner, and Olathe and parts of Kansas City. As currently drawn, the district is the wealthiest in the state.{{cite news |date=October 1, 2024 |title=The Richest Congressional Districts In Every State Of 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2024/10/01/the-richest-congressional-districts-in-every-state-of-2024/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=Forbes}}
The 3rd district is represented by Democrat Sharice Davids, who was first elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder. Reapportionment in 2022 altered the district's boundaries to add Anderson and Franklin counties and the part of Miami County that was not already in the 3rd congressional district. The southern part of Wyandotte County roughly along I-70 stayed in the district, while the area north of I-70 moved to the 2nd congressional district. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+2, it is the only Kansas district that is not heavily Republican.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress) |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Cook Political Report |language=en}}
History
=2000 demographics=
Following redistricting after the 2000 U.S. census,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}{{update after|2012|10|13}} there were 672,124 people, 258,439 households, and 173,022 families residing in the district. The population density was 864.4/mi2 over a land area of {{convert|778|sqmi|km2}}. There were 272,721 housing units at an average density of 350.7/mi2. The racial makeup of the district is 82.70% White, 8.88% Black or African American, 2.60% Asian, 0.70% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.09% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.79% of the population.
There were 258,439 households, out of which 36.52% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.21% were married couples living together, 10.27% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.05% were non-families. 26.12% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.35% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the district, the population distribution by age is 26.60% under the age of 18, 10.49% from 18 to 24, 31.65% from 25 to 44, 21.17% from 45 to 64, and 10.09% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.6 years. For every 100 females there were 95.78 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.54 males.
The median income for a household in the district is $51,118, and the median income for a family was $62,695. Males had a median income of $42,348 versus $30,353 for females. The per capita income for the district was $26,133. About 4.9% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
Among the population aged 16 years and older, 71.0% were in the civilian labor force and 0.1% were in the armed forces. Of the employed civilian workers, 12.8% were government workers and 5.6% were self-employed. Management, professional, and related occupations employed 41.5% of the workforce, and sales and office occupations an additional 28.8%. Only 0.2% were employed in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. The largest employment by industry was: educational, health, and social services, 19.8%; professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services, 12.0%; retail trade, 11.8%; and manufacturing, 10.4%. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining industries only employed 0.4%.
The district's character is very different from the rest of Kansas, largely due to the influence of Kansas City and its suburbs. While Kansas's other congressional districts include significant rural territory, the 3rd is almost exclusively urban and suburban. As such, it is much friendlier to Democrats than the rest of the state. It was the only district in Kansas carried by Democrats in 2008, 2016, and 2020. The largest county, Johnson, has traditionally leaned Republican, though the brand of Republicanism practiced in the county has traditionally been a moderate one. The second-largest, Wyandotte, has long been one of the most Democratic counties in the state.
2020 redistricting
In recent years, as Eastern Kansas began to grow exponentially, the population has also increased, and has been voting more reliably Democratic. This led to Republican members of the Kansas House of Representatives and Kansas State Senate trying to gerrymander all four districts to be reliably Republican, with growing fears that Democrats could win a second seat as early as 2026 if they did not take action. Several skewed maps were drawn, but were not able to be passed due to a veto from the Democratic governor Laura Kelly. A somewhat less ambitious map was passed by the Kansas Legislature after several maps were vetoed, but critics say this map split notably Democratic Wyandotte County and separates it from Shawnee County, a county more closer regionally and demographically to Wyandotte County. The map was intended to draw Sharice Davids's seat out from under her. Nevertheless, Davids was reelected in 2022, after the map took effect.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=What Johnson County voters need to know about the redrawn 3rd Congressional District |url=https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2022-05-26/what-johnson-county-voters-need-to-know-about-the-redrawn-3rd-congressional-district |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR |language=en}} In 2024, Davids, defending against Republican challenger Prasanth Reddy, carried the district by 11 points.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=House Election 2024 Live Results: Republicans Win Majority |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/house-results |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}
Composition
The 3rd district includes the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Wyandotte; a portion of Kansas City is located within the 2nd district.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST20/CD118_KS03.pdf
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!# !County !Seat !Population |
3
|7,838 |
59
|26,125 |
91
|622,237 |
121
|35,320 |
209
|165,281 |
List of members representing the district
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! Member ! Party ! Years ! Cong ! Electoral history ! District map |
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| colspan=6 | District created March 4, 1875 |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|44}} | Elected in 1874. | rowspan=23 | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|45|48}} | Elected in 1876. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|49|51}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Kansas|AL|C}} and re-elected in 1884. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Populist}} | Populist | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|52}} | Elected in 1890. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Populist}} | Populist | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|53}} | Elected in 1892. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|54}} | Re-elected in 1894. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Populist}} | Populist | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|55|56}} | Elected in 1896. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|57}} | Elected in 1900. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|58|67}} | Elected in 1902. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|68|71}} | Elected in 1922. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|72|73}} | Elected in 1930. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|74|75}} | Re-elected in 1934. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|76|79}} | Elected in 1938. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|80|81}} | Elected in 1946. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | October 2, 1950 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|81}} | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | November 7, 1950 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|81|85}} | Elected in 1950 and seated early. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1959 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|86}} | Elected in 1958. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1961 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|87}} | Elected in 1960. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|88|89}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Kansas|2|C}} and re-elected in 1962. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1967 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|90|98}} | Elected in 1966. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1985 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|99|104}} | Elected in 1984. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|105}} | Elected in 1996. |
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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1999 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|106|111}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1998. |
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| rowspan=2 |2003-2013 |
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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2011 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|112|115}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2010. |
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| rowspan=2 |2013-2023 |
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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2019 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|116|Present}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2018. |
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| 2023–present |
Recent election results from statewide races
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! Year ! Office ! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::2ea884cd-5687-48b4-879a-4f780d3de1cf |
rowspan=2|2008
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McCain 54% - 45% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Roberts 59% - 41% |
|2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 57% - 40% |
rowspan=2|2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 48% - 43% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moran 56% - 38% |
rowspan=4|2018
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kelly 54% - 39% |
Secretary of State
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schwab 49% - 48% |
Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schmidt 50.5% - 49.5% |
Treasurer
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|LaTurner 50.3% - 49.7% |
rowspan=2|2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 51% - 47% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Bollier 50% - 45% |
rowspan=5|2022
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moran 50% - 47% |
Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kelly 57% - 40% |
Secretary of State
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schwab 49% - 48% |
Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Mann 59% - 41% |
Treasurer
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Rogers 49% - 45% |
2024
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Harris 51% - 47% |
Recent election results
=2002=
{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2002)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dennis Moore (incumbent)
|votes = 107,931
|percentage = 50.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Adam Taff
|votes = 100,999
|percentage = 46.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Reform Party (United States)
|candidate = Dawn Bly
|votes = 4,934
|percentage = 2.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Doug Martin
|votes = 1,328
|percentage = 0.62
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 215,192
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2004=
{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2004)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dennis Moore (incumbent)
|votes = 184,050
|percentage = 54.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kris Kobach
|votes = 145,542
|percentage = 43.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Bellis
|votes = 3,191
|percentage = 0.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Reform Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard Wells
|votes = 2,956
|percentage = 0.88
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 335,739
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2006=
{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2006)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dennis Moore (incumbent)
|votes = 149,480
|percentage = 64.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Chuck Ahner
|votes = 78,446
|percentage = 33.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Reform Party (United States)
|candidate = Robert A. Conroy
|votes = 3,925
|percentage = 1.69
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 231,851
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2008=
{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2008)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dennis Moore (incumbent)
|votes = 202,541
|percentage = 56.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Nick Jordan
|votes = 142,307
|percentage = 39.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Bellis
|votes = 10,073
|percentage = 2.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Reform Party (United States)
|candidate = Roger Tucker
|votes = 3,937
|percentage = 1.10
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 358,858
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2010=
{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2010)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kevin Yoder
|votes = 136,246
|percentage = 58.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephene Moore
|votes = 90,193
|percentage = 38.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Jasmin Talbert
|votes = 6,846
|percentage = 2.94
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 233,285
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2012)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kevin Yoder (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 201,087
| percentage = 68.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joel Balam
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 92,675
| percentage = 31.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 293,762
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2014)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kevin Yoder (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 134,493
| percentage = 60.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kelly Kultala
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 89,584
| percentage = 39.98
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 224,077
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2016)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kevin Yoder (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 176,022
| percentage = 51.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jay Sidie
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 139,300
| percentage = 40.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Steve Hohe
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 27,791
| percentage = 8.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 343,113
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2018)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sharice Davids
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 164,253
| percentage = 53.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kevin Yoder (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 136,104
| percentage = 44.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Chris Clemmons
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 7,643
| percentage = 2.5
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 308,000
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|loser = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2020=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2020)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sharice Davids (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 220,049
| percentage = 53.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Amanda Adkins
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 178,773
| percentage = 43.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Steven Hohe
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 11,596
| percentage = 2.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 410,418
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2022)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sharice Davids (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 165,527
| percentage = 54.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Amanda Adkins
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 128,839
| percentage = 42.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Steve Hohe
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 6,928
| percentage = 2.3
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 301,294
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2024=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2024)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sharice Davids (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 209,871
| percentage = 53.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Prasanth Reddy
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 167,570
| percentage = 42.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Steve Roberts
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 15,892
| percentage = 4.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 393,333
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Historical district boundaries
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.johnsoncountyrepublicanparty.com Johnson County Republican Party]
- [http://www.jocodems.org Johnson County Democratic Party]
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