Kansas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 3rd Congressional District of Kansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Kevin Yoder (R), who was first elected in 2010, defeated challenger Kelly Kultala (D) in the general election. He won re-election with 69 percent of the vote in 2012.
Kultala had to defeat fellow challenger Reginald Marselus in the Democratic primary to secure her position in the general election. Yoder ran in the Republican primary unopposed.
Financially, Yoder led in cash-on-hand for his campaign with over $2 million.[4]
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Primary: 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 October 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.[5][6]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 15, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[7]
- See also: Kansas elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Kevin Yoder (R), who was first elected in 2010.
Kansas' 3rd Congressional District was located in eastern Kansas and encompasses Wyandotte and Johnson counties and parts of Miami County. The district includes Kansas City and some of its surrounding suburbs.[8]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Kevin Yoder - Incumbent
Kelly Kultala
August 5, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 3rd Congressional District of Kansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kevin Yoder (R) defeated challenger Kelly Kultala (D) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Kevin Yoder Incumbent |
60% | 134,493 | |
| Democratic | Kelly Kultala | 40% | 89,584 | |
| Total Votes | 224,077 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Kelly Kultala |
68.5% | 14,189 | ||
| Reginald Marselus | 31.5% | 6,524 | ||
| Total Votes | 20,713 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
HR 676
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[11] Yoder joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[12][13]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[14] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[15] Kevin Yoder voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[16]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[17] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Kevin Yoder voted against HR 2775.[18]
Campaign contributions
Kevin Yoder
| Kevin Yoder (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | April 14, 2013 | $1,083,138.79 | $332,975.95 | $(68,363.71) | $1,347,751.03 | ||||
| July Quarterly[20] | July 14, 2013 | $1,347,751.03 | $301,272.67 | $(57,892.37) | $1,591,131.33 | ||||
| October Quarterly[21] | October 13, 2013 | $1,591,131.33 | $290,520.09 | $(102,010.72) | $1,779,640.70 | ||||
| Year-end[22] | January 31, 2014 | $1,779,890 | $268,070 | $(47,641) | $2,000,320 | ||||
| April Quarterly[23] | April 15, 2014 | $2,000,320 | $195,765 | $(95,192) | $2,100,892 | ||||
| July Quarterly[24] | July 15, 2014 | $2,100,892 | $242,895 | $(135,573) | $2,208,215 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,631,498.71 | $(506,672.8) | ||||||||
Kelly Kultala
| Kelly Kultala (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[25] | April 15, 2014 | $0 | $71,045 | $(10,245) | $60,800 | ||||
| July Quarterly[26] | July 15, 2014 | $60,800 | $86,063 | $(47,122) | $99,741 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $157,108 | $(57,367) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Kevin Yoder (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joel Balam in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Kevin Yoder Incumbent |
68.5% | 201,087 | |
| Libertarian | Joel Balam | 31.5% | 92,675 | |
| Total Votes | 293,762 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Kevin Yoder won election to the United States House. He defeated Stephene Moore (D) and Jasmin Talbert (Libertarian) in the general election.[27]
| U.S. House, Kansas District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Kevin Yoder |
58.4% | 136,246 | |
| Democratic | Stephene Moore | 38.7% | 90,193 | |
| Libertarian | Jasmin Talbert | 2.9% | 6,846 | |
| Total Votes | 233,285 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3301," accessed October 15, 2025
- ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3304," accessed October 15, 2025
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State Website, "Registration & Voting," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Congressional_redistricting_maps_implemented_after_the_2010_Census#tab=Kansas Kansas Redistricting Map "Map" accessed August 30, 2012]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kansas City Star, "Second Democrat to enter race for Congress in Kansas 3rd District," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2014 Primary (official)," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
