Kansas State Senate District 3

Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Rick Kloos Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Rick Kloos (Republican) won by 14.8 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 38,236
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRick KloosWon	Republican	21,94257.4%	57.4%
DemocraticDena Sattler	Democratic	16,28542.6%	42.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	90.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,990
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom HollandWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,49051.2%	51.2%
RepublicanWillie Dove	Republican	19,50048.8%	48.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,403
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom HollandWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,21451.5%	51.5%
RepublicanEcho Van Meteren	Republican	16,18948.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,336
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom HollandWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,67853.2%	53.2%
RepublicanAnthony R. Brown	Republican	14,65846.8%	46.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,024
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom HollandWon	Democratic	18,89648.4%	48.4%
RepublicanRoger C. Pine(incumbent)	Republican	17,99846.1%	46.1%
LibertarianPatrick Wilbur	Libertarian	2,1305.5%	5.5%

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRoger C. PineWon	Republican	18,13451.8%	51.8%
DemocraticJan Justice	Democratic	16,84948.2%	48.2%

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBob LyonWon	Republican	11,52253.7%	53.7%
DemocraticMichael D. Gibbens	Democratic	9,93646.3%	46.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,186
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDonald E. BiggsWon	Democratic	11,00652.0%	52.0%
RepublicanCarolyn Tillotson(incumbent)	Republican	10,18048.0%	48.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,488
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCarolyn TillotsonWon	Republican	8,20136.5%	36.5%
DemocraticJim Duffin	Democratic	7,47833.3%	33.3%
IndependentPhil Urban	Independent	6,80930.3%	30.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,504
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	13,26959.0%	59.0%
DemocraticStevi Stephens	Democratic	9,23541.0%	41.0%

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	18,377100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,976
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1980 to 1991)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	14,35271.8%	71.8%
DemocraticJohn Johnson	Democratic	5,62428.1%	28.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,442
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1979)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	12,03765.3%	65.3%
DemocraticJames Dickerson Jr.	Democratic	6,40534.7%	34.7%

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	14,563100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,293
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Kansas Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward F. Reilly Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	12,59865.3%	65.3%
DemocraticRay Orlowski	Democratic	6,69534.7%	34.7%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ks/sldu:3

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026