Kansas's 3rd congressional district

Kansas's 3rd congressional district
	Kansas's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Sharice Davids; D–Shawnee
Distribution	94.65% urban; 5.35% rural;
Population (2000)	672,124
Median income	$74,120[1]
Ethnicity	82.7% white; 8.9% black; 6.8% Hispanic; 2.6% Asian; 1.2% other; 0.7% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+4[2]

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 Wyandotte and Johnson counties and parts of Miami county. The district includes the heart of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including Kansas City, Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, Spring Hill, DeSoto, and Olathe.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Sharice Davids, who was first elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder.

Demographics

Following redistricting after the 2000 U.S. Census,[3] 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 778 square miles (2,020 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% was 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 work force 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' 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 Barack Obama in 2008 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. The largest county, Johnson, leans 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.

List of members representing the district

District created March 4, 1875

Parties

Democratic (5) Populist (3) Republican (16)

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	District home	Electoral history
William Ripley Brown	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Emporia	Lost renomination
Thomas Ryan	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885	45th 46th 47th 48th	Topeka	Redistricted to 4th district.
Bishop W. Perkins	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Parsons	Redistricted from at-large district.
Benjamin H. Clover	Populist	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Douglass	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Hudson	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Fredonia	[data unknown/missing]
Snyder S. Kirkpatrick	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Fredonia	[data unknown/missing]
Edwin R. Ridgely	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Girard	[data unknown/missing]
Alfred M. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Winfield	[data unknown/missing]
Philip P. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1923	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Pittsburg	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Sproul	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931	68th 69th 70th 71st	Sedan	[data unknown/missing]
Harold C. McGugin	Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935	72nd 73rd	Coffeyville	[data unknown/missing]
Edward W. Patterson	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Pittsburg	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas D. Winter	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th	Girard	[data unknown/missing]
Herbert A. Meyer	Republican	January 3, 1947 – October 2, 1950	80th 81st	Independence	Died.
Vacant		October 2, 1950 – November 7, 1950		[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Myron V. George	Republican	November 7, 1950 – January 3, 1959	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Altamont	[data unknown/missing]
Denver D. Hargis	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Coffeyville	[data unknown/missing]
Walter Lewis McVey Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Independence	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Ellsworth	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Lawrence	Redistricted from the 2nd district.
Larry Winn	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	Prairie Village	[data unknown/missing]
Jan Meyers	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Overland Park	[data unknown/missing]
Vince Snowbarger	Republican	January 3, 1997 –January 3, 1999	105th	Olathe	Lost re-election.
Dennis Moore	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Lenexa	Retired.
Kevin Yoder	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019	112th 113th 114th 115th	Overland Park	Lost re-election.
Sharice Davids	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Roeland Park	Elected in 2018.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results	Party that won the district
2000	President	George W. Bush 53 - Al Gore 42%	Republican Party
2004	President	George W. Bush 55 - John Kerry 44%	Republican Party
2008	President	Barack Obama 51 - John McCain 48%	Democratic Party
2012	President	Mitt Romney 54 - Barack Obama 46%	Republican Party
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 47 - Donald Trump 46%	Democratic Party

Recent election results

2002

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Moore*	107,931	50.16
	Republican	Adam Taff	100,999	46.93
	Reform	Dawn Bly	4,934	2.29
	Libertarian	Doug Martin	1,328	0.62
Total votes			215,192	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Moore*	184,050	54.82
	Republican	Kris Kobach	145,542	43.35
	Libertarian	Joe Bellis	3,191	0.95
	Reform	Richard Wells	2,956	0.88
Total votes			335,739	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Moore*	149,480	64.47
	Republican	Chuck Ahner	78,446	33.84
	Reform	Robert A. Conroy	3,925	1.69
Total votes			231,851	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Moore*	202,541	56.44
	Republican	Nick Jordan	142,307	39.66
	Libertarian	Joe Bellis	10,073	2.81
	Reform	Roger Tucker	3,937	1.10
Total votes			358,858	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Yoder	136,246	58.40
	Democratic	Stephene Moore	90,193	38.66
	Libertarian	Jasmin Talbert	6,846	2.94
Total votes			233,285	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Yoder (incumbent)	201,087	68.5
	Libertarian	Joel Balam	92,675	31.5
Total votes			293,762	100
	Republican hold

2014

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Yoder (incumbent)	134,493	60.02
	Democratic	Kelly Kultala	89,584	39.98
Total votes			224,077	100
	Republican hold

2016

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Yoder (incumbent)	176,022	51.3
	Democratic	Jay Sidie	139,300	40.6
	Libertarian	Steve Hohe	27,791	8.1
Total votes			343,113	100
	Republican hold

2018

Kansas's 3rd congressional district election (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharice Davids	164,253	53.3
	Republican	Kevin Yoder (incumbent)	136,104	44.2
	Libertarian	Chris Clemmons	7,643	2.5
Total votes			308,000	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

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References

Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.