Kansas's 3rd Senate district

Kansas's 3rd
State Senate district
Senator
  Tom Holland
D–Baldwin City
Demographics82% White
3% Black
6% Hispanic
3% Asian
2% Native American
4% Other
Population (2018)76,598[1]

Kansas's 3rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Tom Holland since 2009.[2]

Geography

District 3 covers most of Douglas County outside of Lawrence and most of Leavenworth County outside of Leavenworth, including the communities of Eudora, Baldwin City, Basehor, Tonganoxie, and parts of Lansing and Lawrence proper.[3]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 10th, 38th, 40th, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 46th, and 54th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4] It borders the state of Missouri.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Holland (incumbent) 20,490 51.2
Republican Willie Dove 19,500 48.8
Total votes 39,990 100
Democratic hold

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Holland (incumbent) 17,214 51.5
Republican Echo Van Meteren 16,189 48.5
Total votes 33,403 100
Democratic hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 3[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Brown 3,136 68.4
Republican J.C. Tellefson 1,449 31.6
Total votes 4,585 100
General election
Democratic Tom Holland (incumbent) 16,678 53.2
Republican Anthony Brown 14,658 46.8
Total votes 31,336 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 50.1 – 47.4%
2018 Governor Kelly 55.9 – 37.0%
2016 President Trump 49.4 – 42.8%
2012 President Romney 51.0 – 46.4%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 3, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Tom Holland". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate District 3" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kansas State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.