2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Kansas Senate District 3
Kansas State Senate · Kansas
Tom Holland (D) won with 48.4% of the vote, defeating Roger C. Pine (R) by 2.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom HollandDemocrat · winner
48.4%18,896
Roger C. PineRepublican · incumbent
46.1%17,998
Patrick WilburLibertarian
5.5%2,130
39,024 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET