Iowa's 3rd congressional district
Iowa's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 814,070 | ||
Median household income | $74,960[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+3[2] |
Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers its southwestern quadrant, which roughly consists of an area stretching from Des Moines to the borders with Missouri.
From 2013 to 2023, the district covered the southwestern corner of the state, from the
Council Bluffs
area on the southwestern end.
The district has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Zach Nunn since 2023. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+3, it is the equal least Republican leaning district (along with the 1st) of Iowa’s four congressional districts, a state currently represented in congress only by Republicans.[2]
Statewide races since 2000
Election results from statewide races:
Office | Year | District result | Winner | |
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Statewide | Nationwide | |||
President | 2000 | Al Gore 49% – George W. Bush 48% | Gore | Bush |
2004 | George W. Bush 50% – John Kerry 50% | Bush | ||
2008 | Barack Obama 54% – John McCain 44% | Obama | Obama | |
2012 | Barack Obama 51% – Mitt Romney 47% | |||
2016 | Donald Trump 48% – Hillary Clinton 45% | Trump | Trump | |
2020 | Donald Trump 49.1% – Joe Biden 49.0% | Biden |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1863 | |||||
William B. Allison (Dubuque) |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 |
38th 39th 40th 41st |
run for U.S. Senator .
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1863–1873 [data missing] |
William G. Donnan (Independence) |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Re-elected in 1872 .Retired. | |
1873–1883 [data missing] | |||||
Lucien L. Ainsworth (West Union) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874 .Retired. | |
Theodore W. Burdick (Decorah) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876 .Retired. | |
Thomas Updegraff (McGregor) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
Re-elected in 1880. and lost re-election there.
Redistricted to the 4th district | |
David B. Henderson (Dubuque) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1903 |
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900 .Renominated but withdrew prior to election. |
1883–1887 Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, and Grundy counties |
1887–1933 Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, Franklin, Hardin, and Wright counties | |||||
Benjamin P. Birdsall (Clarion) |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th |
Re-elected in 1906 .Retired. | |
Charles E. Pickett (Waterloo) |
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 |
61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Lost re-election. | |
Maurice Connolly (Dubuque) |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | run for U.S. Senator .
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Burton E. Sweet (Waverly) |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 |
64th 65th 66th 67th |
Re-elected in 1920. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
Thomas J. B. Robinson (Hampton) |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. | |
Albert C. Willford (Waterloo) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Elected in 1932 .Lost re-election. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
John W. Gwynne (Waterloo) |
Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Re-elected in 1946 .Lost renomination. | |
1943–1963 [data missing] | |||||
Harold R. Gross (Waterloo) |
Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1975 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Re-elected in 1972 .Retired. | |
1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
1973–1983 [data missing] | |||||
Chuck Grassley (New Hartford) |
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
94th 95th 96th |
Re-elected in 1978. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
T. Cooper Evans (Grundy Center) |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
97th 98th 99th |
Re-elected in 1984 .Retired. | |
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
David R. Nagle (Cedar Rapids) |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990. and lost re-election.
Redistricted to the 2nd district | |
Jim R. Lightfoot (Shenandoah) |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
103rd 104th |
Re-elected in 1994. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Leonard Boswell (Davis City) |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
. Lost re-election. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Tom Latham (Alexander) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
113th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2012. Retired. |
2013–2023 |
David Young (Van Meter) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 |
114th 115th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |
Cindy Axne (West Des Moines) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 |
116th 117th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Lost re-election. | |
Zach Nunn (Bondurant) |
Republican | January 3, 2023 – present |
118th | Elected in 2022 | 2023–present: |
Recent election results
Year[3] | Winner | Second | Percentage | ||||
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Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920
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Republican | Burton E. Sweet | 67,859 | Farmer–Labor | Roy Jacobs | 1,974 | 97% – 3% |
1922
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Thomas J. B. Robinson | 34,518 | Democratic | Fred P. Hageman | 24,304 | 58% – 41% | |
1924
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54,921 | Willis N. Birdsall | 25,215 | 69% – 31% | |||
1926
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32,180 | Ellis E. Wilson | 13,696 | 70% – 30% | |||
1928
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60,025 | Leo. F. Tierney | 38,469 | 61% – 39% | |||
1930
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27,098 | W. L. Beecher | 15,908 | 63% – 37% | |||
1932
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Democratic | Albert C. Willford | 48,939 | Republican | Thomas J. B. Robinson | 47,776 | 51% – 49% |
1934
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Republican | John W. Gwynne | 42,063 | Democratic | Albert C. Willford | 35,159 | 51% – 43% |
1936
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53,928 | 47,391 | 52% – 46% | ||||
1938
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45,541 | W. F. Hayes | 30,158 | 60% – 40% | |||
1940
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65,425 | Ernest J. Seemann | 43,709 | 60% – 40% | |||
1942
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54,124 | William D. Kearney | 35,065 | 61% – 39% | |||
1944
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74,901 | 56,985 | 58% – 42% | ||||
1946
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48,346 | Dan J. P. Ryan | 29,661 | 62% – 38% | |||
1948
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H. R. Gross | 78,838 | 56,002 | 58% – 41% | |||
1950
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73,490 | James O. Babcock | 40,786 | 64% – 36% | |||
1952
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109,992 | George R. Laub | 56,871 | 66% – 34% | |||
1954
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68,307 | 41,622 | 62% – 38% | ||||
1956
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97,590 | Michael Micich | 69,076 | 59% – 41% | |||
1958
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61,920 | 53,467 | 54% – 46% | ||||
1960
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99,046 | Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. | 76,837 | 56% – 44% | |||
1962
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66,337 | Neel F. Hill | 50,580 | 57% – 43% | |||
1964
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83,455 | Stephen M. Peterson | 83,036 | 50.1% – 49.9% | |||
1966
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79,343 | L. A. Pat Touchae | 48,530 | 62% – 38% | |||
1968
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101,839 | John E. Van Eschen | 57,164 | 64% – 36% | |||
1970
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66,087 | Lyle D. Taylor | 45,958 | 59% – 41% | |||
1972
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109,113 | 86,848 | 56% – 44% | ||||
1974
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Chuck Grassley | 77,468 | Stephen Rapp | 74,859 | 51% – 49% | ||
1976
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117,957 | 90,981 | 56% – 44% | ||||
1978
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103,659 | John Knudson | 34,880 | 75% – 25% | |||
1980
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T. Cooper Evans | 107,869 | Lynn G. Cutler | 101,735 | 51% – 48% | ||
1982
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104,072 | 83,581 | 55% – 45% | ||||
1984
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133,737 | Joe Johnston | 86,574 | 61% – 39% | |||
1986
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Democratic | David R. Nagle | 83,504 | Republican | John McIntee | 69,386 | 55% – 45% |
1988
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129,204 | Donald B. Redfern | 74,682 | 63% – 37% | |||
1990
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100,947 | unopposed | 833 | 99% – 1% | |||
1992
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Republican | Jim Ross Lightfoot | 125,931 | Democratic | Elaine Baxter | 121,063 | 49% – 47% |
1994
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111,862 | 79,310 | 58% – 41% | ||||
1996
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell | 115,914 | Republican | Mike Mahaffey | 111,895 | 49% – 48% |
1998
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107,947 | Larry McKibben | 78,063 | 57% – 41% | |||
2000
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156,327 | Jay Marcus | 83,810 | 63% – 34% | |||
2002
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115,367 | Stan Thompson | 97,285 | 53% – 45% | |||
2004
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168,007 | 136,099 | 55% – 45% | ||||
2006 | 114,689 | Jeff Lamberti | 103,182 | 52% – 47% | |||
2008 | 175,423 | Kim Schmett | 131,524 | 56% – 42% | |||
2010 | 122,147 | Brad Zaun | 111,925 | 50% – 46% | |||
2012 | Republican | Tom Latham | 202,000 | Democratic | Leonard Boswell | 168,632 | 51% – 42% |
2014 | David Young | 148,814 | Staci Appel | 119,109 | 52% – 42% | ||
2016 | 208,598 | Jim Mowrer | 155,002 | 53% – 40% | |||
2018 | Democratic | Cindy Axne | 169,888 | Republican | David Young | 164,667 | 49% – 47% |
2020 | 219,205 | 212,997 | 49% – 48% | ||||
2022 | Republican | Zach Nunn | 156,237 | Democratic | Cindy Axne | 154,084 | 50% – 49% |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 115,367 | 53.41 | |
Republican | Stan Thompson | 97,285 | 45.04 | |
Libertarian | Jeffrey J. Smith | 2,689 | 1.25 | |
Socialist Workers | Edwin B. Fruit | 569 | 0.26 | |
No party | Others | 75 | 0.04 | |
Total votes | 215,985 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 168,007 | 55.21 | |
Republican | Stan Thompson | 136,009 | 44.72 | |
No party | Others | 213 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 304,229 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 115,769 | 51.85 | |
Republican | Jeff Lamberti | 103,722 | 46.45 | |
Socialist Workers | Helen Meyers | 3,591 | 1.61 | |
No party | Others | 205 | 0.09 | |
Total votes | 223,287 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 176,904 | 56.31 | |
Republican | Kim Schmett | 132,136 | 42.06 | |
Socialist Workers | Frank Forrestal | 4,599 | 1.46 | |
No party | Others | 521 | 0.17 | |
Total votes | 314,160 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 122,147 | 50.73 | |
Republican | Brad Zaun | 111,925 | 46.49 | |
Socialist Workers | Rebecca Williamson | 6,258 | 2.60 | |
No party | Others | 426 | 0.18 | |
Total votes | 240,756 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 202,000 | 50.56 | |||
Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 168,632 | 42.20 | |||
Independent
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Scott G. Batcher | 9,352 | 2.34 | |||
Socialist Workers | David Rosenfeld | 6,286 | 1.57 | |||
No party | Others | 572 | 0.14 | |||
Total votes | 399,561 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Young | 148,814 | 52.8 | |
Democratic | Staci Appel | 119,109 | 42.2 | |
Libertarian | Edward Wright | 9,054 | 3.2 | |
No party preference
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Bryan Jack Holder | 4,360 | 1.5 | |
Write-ins | 729 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 282,066 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Young* | 208,598 | 53.45 | |
Democratic | Jim Mowrer | 155,002 | 39.71 | |
Libertarian | Bryan Jack Holder | 15,372 | 3.94 | |
Nominated by Petition | Claudia Addy | 6,348 | 1.63 | |
Nominated by Petition | Joe Grandanette | 4,518 | 1.16 | |
Write-ins | 449 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 390,287 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Cindy Axne | 169,888 | 49.0 | +9.29 | |
Republican | David Young* | 164,667 | 47.49 | -5.96 | |
Libertarian | Bryan Jack Holder | 7,005 | 2.02 | −1.92 | |
Legal Marijuana Now | Mark Elworth, Jr. | 1,906 | 0.55 | +0.55 | |
Green
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Paul Knupp | 1,795 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
Independent
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Joe Grandanette | 1,271 | 0.37 | −0.79 | |
Write-ins | 178 | 0.05 | +0.00 | ||
Plurality | 5,221 | 1.51 | |||
Turnout | 346,710 | 100 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +15.25 |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cindy Axne (incumbent) | 219,205 | 48.9 | |
Republican | David Young | 212,997 | 47.6 | |
Libertarian | Bryan Jack Holder | 15,361 | 3.4 | |
Write-in | 384 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 447,947 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Zach Nunn | 156,237 | 50.3% | |
Democratic | Cindy Axne (incumbent) | 154,084 | 49.6% | |
Write-in | 534 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 310,855 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
See also
- Iowa's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Redistricting in the United States
References
- General
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "General Election - 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.
- Specific
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present