Iowa's 3rd congressional district
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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 Des Moines metropolitan area on the northeastern end to the greater 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+2, it is the least Republican leaning district of Iowa’s four congressional districts, a state currently represented in Congress only by Republicans.[1] It is also the wealthiest congressional district in the state of Iowa.[2]
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results[3][4] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 53–45% |
| 2012 | President | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 53–47% |
| 2016 | President | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 48–45% |
| Senate | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Grassley 58–38% | |
| 2018 | Governor | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Hubbell 51–47% |
| Attorney General | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Miller 77–23% | |
| Secretary of State | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Pate 49–48% | |
| Treasurer | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Fitzgerald 59–38% | |
| Auditor | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sand 53–44% | |
| 2020 | President | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 49.2–48.8% |
| Senate | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ernst 49–48% | |
| 2022 | Senate | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Grassley 51–48% |
| Governor | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Reynolds 53–44% | |
| Attorney General | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Miller 54–46% | |
| Secretary of State | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Pate 56–44% | |
| Treasurer | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Fitzgerald 55–45% | |
| Auditor | style="text-align:right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sand 56–44% | |
| 2024 | President | style="text-align:right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 51–47% |
Composition
The 3rd districts includes the entirety of the following counties:[5]
| # | County | Seat | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adair | Greenfield | 7,389 |
| 3 | Adams | Corning | 3,544 |
| 7 | Appanoose | Centerville | 12,119 |
| 29 | Cass | Atlantic | 13,130 |
| 39 | Clarke | Osceola | 9,588 |
| 49 | Dallas | Adel | 111,092 |
| 51 | Davis | Bloomfield | 9,169 |
| 53 | Decatur | Leon | 7,665 |
| 73 | Greene | Jefferson | 8,584 |
| 77 | Guthrie | Guthrie Center | 10,722 |
| 117 | Lucas | Chariton | 8,747 |
| 121 | Madison | Winterset | 16,971 |
| 135 | Monroe | Albia | 7,504 |
| 137 | Montgomery | Red Oak | 10,139 |
| 145 | Page | Clarinda | 15,014 |
| 153 | Polk | Des Moines | 505,255 |
| 159 | Ringgold | Mount Ayr | 4,642 |
| 173 | Taylor | Bedford | 5,924 |
| 175 | Union | Creston | 11,906 |
| 179 | Wapello | Ottumwa | 35,166 |
| 185 | Wayne | Corydon | 6,557 |
List of members representing the district
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Recent election results
| Year[6] | Winner | Second | Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
| 1920 | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | Burton E. Sweet | 67,859 | Farmer–Labor | Roy Jacobs | 1,974 | 97–3% |
| 1922 | Thomas J. B. Robinson | 34,518 | rowspan=5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | Fred P. Hageman | 24,304 | 58–41% | |
| 1924 | 54,921 | Willis N. Birdsall | 25,215 | 69–31% | |||
| 1926 | 32,180 | Ellis E. Wilson | 13,696 | 70–30% | |||
| 1928 | 60,025 | Leo. F. Tierney | 38,469 | 61–39% | |||
| 1930 | 27,098 | W. L. Beecher | 15,908 | 63–37% | |||
| 1932 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | Albert C. Willford | 48,939 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | Thomas J. B. Robinson | 47,776 | 51–49% |
| 1934 | rowspan=26 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | John W. Gwynne | 42,063 | rowspan=26 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | Albert C. Willford | 35,159 | 51–43% |
| 1936 | 53,928 | 47,391 | 52–46% | ||||
| 1938 | 45,541 | W. F. Hayes | 30,158 | 60–40% | |||
| 1940 | 65,425 | Ernest J. Seemann | 43,709 | 60–40% | |||
| 1942 | 54,124 | William D. Kearney | 35,065 | 61–39% | |||
| 1944 | 74,901 | 56,985 | 58–42% | ||||
| 1946 | 48,346 | Dan J. P. Ryan | 29,661 | 62–38% | |||
| 1948 | H. R. Gross | 78,838 | 56,002 | 58–41% | |||
| 1950 | 73,490 | James O. Babcock | 40,786 | 64–36% | |||
| 1952 | 109,992 | George R. Laub | 56,871 | 66–34% | |||
| 1954 | 68,307 | 41,622 | 62–38% | ||||
| 1956 | 97,590 | Michael Micich | 69,076 | 59–41% | |||
| 1958 | 61,920 | 53,467 | 54–46% | ||||
| 1960 | 99,046 | Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. | 76,837 | 56–44% | |||
| 1962 | 66,337 | Neel F. Hill | 50,580 | 57–43% | |||
| 1964 | 83,455 | Stephen M. Peterson | 83,036 | 50.1–49.9% | |||
| 1966 | 79,343 | L. A. Pat Touchae | 48,530 | 62–38% | |||
| 1968 | 101,839 | John E. Van Eschen | 57,164 | 64–36% | |||
| 1970 | 66,087 | Lyle D. Taylor | 45,958 | 59–41% | |||
| 1972 | 109,113 | 86,848 | 56–44% | ||||
| 1974 | Chuck Grassley | 77,468 | Stephen Rapp | 74,859 | 51–49% | ||
| 1976 | 117,957 | 90,981 | 56–44% | ||||
| 1978 | 103,659 | John Knudson | 34,880 | 75–25% | |||
| 1980 | T. Cooper Evans | 107,869 | Lynn G. Cutler | 101,735 | 51–48% | ||
| 1982 | 104,072 | 83,581 | 55–45% | ||||
| 1984 | 133,737 | Joe Johnston | 86,574 | 61–39% | |||
| 1986 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Democratic | David R. Nagle | 83,504 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | John McIntee | 69,386 | 55–45% |
| 1988 | 129,204 | Donald B. Redfern | 74,682 | 63–37% | |||
| 1990 | 100,947 | unopposed | 833 | 99–1% | |||
| 1992 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | Jim Ross Lightfoot | 125,931 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Democratic | Elaine Baxter | 121,063 | 49–47% |
| 1994 | 111,862 | 79,310 | 58–41% | ||||
| 1996 | rowspan=8 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Democratic | Leonard Boswell | 115,914 | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | Mike Mahaffey | 111,895 | 49–48% |
| 1998 | 107,947 | Larry McKibben | 78,063 | 57–41% | |||
| 2000 | 156,327 | Jay Marcus | 83,810 | 63–34% | |||
| 2002 | 115,367 | Stan Thompson | 97,285 | 53–45% | |||
| 2004 | 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 | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | Tom Latham | 202,000 | rowspan=3 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | 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 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Democratic | Cindy Axne | 169,888 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | David Young | 164,667 | 49–47% |
| 2020 | 219,205 | 212,997 | 49–48% | ||||
| 2022 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Republican | Zach Nunn | 156,237 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"} | Democratic | Cindy Axne | 154,084 | 50–49% |
| 2024 | 213,747 | Lanon Baccam | 197,965 | 51.8-47.9 | |||
2002
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2004
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2006
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2008
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2010
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2012
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2014
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2016
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2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Young* | 164,667 | 47.49 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bryan Jack Holder | 7,005 | 2.02 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mark Elworth, Jr. | 1,906 | 0.55 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paul Knupp | 1,795 | 0.52 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joe Grandanette | 1,271 | 0.37 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Write-ins | 178 | 0.05 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 346,710 | 100 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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2020
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2022
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2024
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See also
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- Iowa's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Redistricting in the United States
References
- General
- Specific
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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