Iowa's 3rd congressional district
Iowa's 3rd congressional district | |
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Iowa's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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Current Representative | David Young (R–Van Meter) |
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Population (2000) | 585,305[1] |
Median income | 43,176[1] |
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Cook PVI | EVEN[2] |
Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers the southwest portion of the state, roughly an area including Des Moines to the Nebraska and Missouri borders.
From 2003 to 2013 it encompassed Des Moines (on the western end) to the western outskirts of the Cedar Falls-Waterloo Metropolitan Area (on the northeastern end) to the western outskirts of the Cedar Rapids area (on the eastern end) and to Lucas and Monroe counties (on the southern end).
The district is represented by Republican David Young.
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Redistricting[edit]
On June 22, 2001, the Iowa Legislature passed a plan to redistrict the state of Iowa. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th U.S. Congress. The prior redistricting plan was effective from 1992-2001.[3]
Presidential Elections results[edit]
Election results from presidential races:
Year | Office | Results | Political parties that won the district |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 49 - George W. Bush 48% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 50 - John Kerry 50% | Republican Party (United States) |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 54 - John McCain 44% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 51 - Mitt Romney 47% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 49 - Hillary Clinton 45% | Republican Party (United States) |
List of representatives[edit]
Representative | Party | Term | District Residence | Note |
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District created
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March 4, 1863 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | |||
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1903 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 | |||
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | |||
Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | |||
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 | |||
Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1975 | |||
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 | |||
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 | |||
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | |||
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the 5th district | ||
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 | |||
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Clive | Redistricted from the 4th district | |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – | Van Meter |
Historical election results[edit]
Recent election results[edit]
2002[edit]
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2004[edit]
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2006[edit]
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2008[edit]
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2010[edit]
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2012[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 202,000 | 50.56 | |||
Democratic | Leonard Boswell* | 168,632 | 42.20 | |||
Independent | 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 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district[edit]
As of May 2015[update], five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district are alive.
Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Chuck Grassley | 1975–1981 | September 17, 1933 |
David R. Nagle | 1987-1993 | April 15, 1943 |
Jim Ross Lightfoot | 1993–1997 | September 27, 1938 |
Leonard Boswell | 1997–2013 | January 10, 1934 |
Historical district boundaries[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Washington Post page on the 3rd District of Iowa
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ^ "2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan,". 2001.
- ^ "Election Statistics,". 2005.
- 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
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Maine's 1st congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House December 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903 |
Succeeded by Illinois's 18th congressional district |
Coordinates: 41°12′34″N 94°38′25″W / 41.20944°N 94.64028°W