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Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 Republican primary)

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Kansas' 3rd Congressional District
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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
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+1
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
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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
June 1, 2022
August 2, 2022
November 8, 2022


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. In Kansas, parties decide who may vote in their primaries. As of September 2025, the Democratic Party held an open primary and the Republican Party held a closed primary. Regardless of the party's rules, an unaffiliated voter can declare their affiliation with a party on the day of the primary and vote in that party's primary. Previously affiliated voters who want to change their affiliation to vote in a different party's primary must do so before the candidate filing deadline, which is June 1 or the next business day.[1][2]

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:

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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
✔
Image of Amanda Adkins
Amanda Adkins
 
77.2
 
96,896
Image of John McCaughrean
John McCaughrean Candidate Connection
 
22.8
 
28,573

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 125,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
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

See also: Redistricting in Kansas after the 2020 census

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.[3] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[4]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Kansas
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
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

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

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

See also: The Cook Political Report's 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.[5]

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
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
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
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
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
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
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Laura Kelly
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party David Toland
Secretary of State Republican Party Scott Schwab
Attorney General Republican Party Derek Schmidt

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
     Democratic Party 11
     Republican Party 29
     Vacancies 0
Total 40

Kansas House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     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
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

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3301," accessed September 12, 2025
  2. ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3304," accessed September 12, 2025
  3. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  4. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  5. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Kansas' current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Roger Marshall (R)
Jerry Moran (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Ron Estes (R)
Republican Party (5)
Democratic Party (1)


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