Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 Republican primary)
- Primary date: Aug. 2
- Mail-in registration deadline: July 12
- Online reg. deadline: July 12
- In-person reg. deadline: July 12
- Early voting starts: July 13
- Early voting ends: Aug. 1
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: Aug. 2
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Kansas' 3rd Congressional District |
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Election details |
Filing deadline: June 1, 2022 |
Primary: August 2, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Kansas |
Race ratings |
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Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Kansas elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
A Republican Party primary took place on August 2, 2022, in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Amanda Adkins advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[1][2][3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Kansas' 3rd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 Democratic primary)
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3
Amanda Adkins defeated John McCaughrean in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Amanda Adkins | 77.2 | 96,896 |
![]() | John McCaughrean ![]() | 22.8 | 28,573 |
Total votes: 125,469 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Tallent (R)
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Kansas in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Kansas, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Kansas | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 2% of the party's total voter registration in the district | $1,760.00 | 6/1/2022 | Source |
Kansas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 4% of registered voters in the district, or 5,000, whichever is less | $20.00 | 8/1/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Kansas District 3
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Kansas District 3
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Kansas | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() |
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |
Kansas' 1st | 34.1% | 63.7% | 28.1% | 69.7% |
Kansas' 2nd | 40.7% | 57.0% | 41.3% | 56.3% |
Kansas' 3rd | 51.2% | 46.7% | 54.3% | 43.7% |
Kansas' 4th | 38.0% | 59.7% | 38.0% | 59.7% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Kansas.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Kansas in 2022. Information below was calculated on July 5, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Nine candidates filed to run in Kansas' four U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and five Republicans. That's 2.25 candidates per district, down from 4.75 in 2020 and six in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Kansas was apportioned four districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The nine candidates who filed to run this year were the fewest since 2012, when nine candidates ran as well. That number was down from 2020, when 19 candidates filed to run, and 2018, when 24 candidates filed.
There were no open seats this year, down from one in both 2020 and 2018. No incumbents faced primary challengers for the first time since 2012. That number was down from one in 2020 and three in 2018.
Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all four districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party. The Republican primary in the 3rd district was the only contested primary this year, a decade-low. That number was down from five contested primaries in 2020 and six in 2018.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kansas' 3rd the 219th most Republican district nationally.[7]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Kansas' 3rd based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
51.2% | 46.7% |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Kansas, 2020
Kansas presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 5 Democratic wins
- 26 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Kansas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Kansas | ||
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Kansas | United States | |
Population | 2,937,880 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 81,758 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 83% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 5.7% | 12.6% |
Asian | 3% | 5.6% |
Native American | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Other (single race) | 2.7% | 5.1% |
Multiple | 4.8% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 12.1% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 91.4% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 33.9% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $61,091 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 11.4% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Kansas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Kansas, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Kansas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in Kansas, November 2022 | |
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Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Kansas State Legislature as of November 2022.
Kansas State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 11 | |
Republican Party | 29 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 40 |
Kansas House of Representatives
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 39 | |
Republican Party | 86 | |
Independent | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 125 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Kansas was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Kansas Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas • Sixteen years of Republican trifectas
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D |
Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 Democratic primary)
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Kansas, 2022 (August 2 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Kansas, 2022 (August 2 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
- ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023