Kansas's 3rd congressional district is a

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in the

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. Located in eastern Kansas, the district encompasses all of Anderson, Franklin,

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and

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counties and parts of Wyandotte County. The district includes most of the Kansas side of the

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, including all of

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, Leawood, Lenexa,

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, Gardner, and

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and parts of

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. As currently drawn, the district is the wealthiest in the state. The 3rd district is represented by Democrat

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, 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

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rating of D+2, it is the only Kansas district that is not heavily Republican.

History

2000 demographics

Following redistricting after the 2000 U.S. census, there were 672,124 people, 258,439 households, and 173,022 families residing in the district. The

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was 864.4/mi² over a land area of . There were 272,721 housing units at an average density of 350.7/mi². The racial makeup of the district is 82.70%

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, 8.88%

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, 2.60% Asian, 0.70% Native American, 0.04%

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, 3.09% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 6.79% of the population. There were 258,439

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s, out of which 36.52% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.21% were

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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

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for the district was $26,133. About 4.9% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the

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, 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

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and 0.1% were in the

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. Of the employed civilian workers, 12.8% were government workers and 5.6% were

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. 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

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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

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. 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

's seat out from under her. Nevertheless, Davids was reelected in 2022, after the map took effect. In 2024, Davids, defending against Republican challenger Prasanth Reddy, carried the district by 11 points.

Composition

The 3rd district includes the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Wyandotte; a portion of

is located within the

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district.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST20/CD118_KS03.pdf

List of members representing the district

Recent election results from statewide races

Recent election results

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Historical district boundaries

References

External links

Johnson County Republican PartyJohnson County Democratic Party
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