2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for Kansas Senate District 3
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Bob Lyon (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Michael D. Gibbens (D) by 7.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob LyonRepublican · winner
53.7%11,522
Michael D. GibbensDemocrat
46.3%9,936
21,458 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET