| Kansas's 3rd State Senate district | |||
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| 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 Democrat Tom Holland since 2009. [2]
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Tom Holland (incumbent) | 20,490 | 51.2 | |
| Republican | Willie Dove | 19,500 | 48.8 | |
| Total votes | 39,990 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Tom Holland (incumbent) | 17,214 | 51.5 | |
| Republican | Echo Van Meteren | 16,189 | 48.5 | |
| Total votes | 33,403 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Year | Office | Results [6] [7] |
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| 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% |
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