Kansas's 3rd Senate district

Kansas's 3rd State Senate district
Senator	Rick Kloos R – Baldwin City
Demographics	82%  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 Republican Rick Kloos since 2025.

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3] It borders the state of Missouri. ^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 3 ^[4]

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 ^[4]

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 ^[4]

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 [5] [6]
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. "State Senate District 3, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. "Senate District 3" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
3. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
4. "Kansas State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
5. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
6. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.