Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
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The political nature of the district is moderate, given its combination of an overall rural and suburban character counterbalanced by two significant urban centers (Eau Claire and La Crosse) and the Twin Cities suburbs. It historically elected moderate Republicans; before Ron Kind's 1996 victory, only two Democrats represented it in the 20th century. Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama all carried the district at the presidential level; it then narrowly voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and again in 2020 with slightly increased margins, as a result, the Cook Partisan Voting Index adjusted the district's partisan lean in 2021 from "even" to R+4.
Composition
By county
| County | Pop. | Share |
|---|---|---|
| La Crosse | 120,784 | 16.39% |
| Eau Claire | 105,710 | 14.35% |
| Portage | 70,377 | 9.55% |
| Grant | 51,938 | 7.05% |
| Dunn | 45,440 | 6.17% |
| Wood | 43,820 | 5.95% |
| Pierce | 42,212 | 5.73% |
| Monroe | 41,589 | 5.65% |
| Chippewa | 35,111 | 4.77% |
| Trempealeau | 30,760 | 4.18% |
| Vernon | 30,714 | 4.17% |
| Juneau | 20,806 | 2.82% |
| Adams | 20,654 | 2.80% |
| Jackson | 19,088 | 2.59% |
| Richland | 17,304 | 2.35% |
| Crawford | 16,113 | 2.19% |
| Buffalo | 13,317 | 1.81% |
| Pepin | 7,318 | 0.99% |
| Sauk | 3,661 | 0.50% |
By community
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:[1]
Adams County (20)
- All 20 towns and municipalities
Buffalo County (23)
- All 23 towns and municipalities
Chippewa County (7)
- Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire (shared with Eau Claire County), Hallie, Howard, Lafayette, Lake Hallie, Wheaton
Crawford County (22)
- All 22 towns and municipalities
Dunn County (30)
- All 30 towns and municipalities
Eau Claire County (18)
- All 18 towns and municipalities
Grant County (52)
- All 52 towns and municipalities
Jackson County (21)
- Albion, Alma, Alma Center, Black River Falls, Brockway, Curran, Franklin, Garfield, Hixton (town), Hixton (village), Irving, Komensky, Manchester, Melrose (town), Melrose (village), Merrillan (part; also 7th), Millston, North Bend, Northfield, Springfield, Taylor
Juneau County (23)
- Camp Douglas, Clearfield (part; also 7th), Elroy, Fountain, Germantown (part; also 7th), Hustler, Kildare, Lemonweir, Lindina, Lisbon, Lyndon, Lyndon Station, Marion, Mauston, New Lisbon, Orange, Plymouth, Seven Mile Creek, Summit, Union Center, Wisconsin Dells (part; also 2nd and 6th; shared with Adams, Columbia, and Sauk counties), Wonewoc (town), Wonewoc (village)
La Crosse County (18)
- All 18 towns and municipalities
Monroe County (29)
- Adrian, Angelo, Cashton, Clifton, Glendale, Grant, Greenfield, Kendall, Jefferson, Kendall, Lafayette, Leon, Little Falls, Melvina, New Lyme, Norwalk, Oakdale (town), Oakdale (village), Portland, Ridgeville, Sheldon, Sparta (city), Sparta (town), Tomah (city), Tomah (town), Wellington, Wells, Wilton (town), Wilton (village)
Pepin County (11)
- All 11 towns and municipalities
Pierce County (25)
- All 25 towns and municipalities
Portage County (28)
- All 28 towns and municipalities
Richland County (22)
- All 22 towns and municipalities
Sauk County (5)
- Ironton (town) (part; also 2nd), Ironton (village), La Valle (town), La Valle (village), Woodland
Trempealeau County (26)
- All 26 towns and municipalities
Vernon County (33)
- All 33 towns and municipalities
Wood County (16)
- Biron, Cranmoor, Grand Rapids, Milladore (town), Milladore (village), Nekoosa, Port Edwards (town), Port Edwards (village), Rudolph (town), Rudolph (village), Saratoga, Seneca, Sherry, Sigel, Vesper, Wisconsin Rapids
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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| 2002[2] | Nov. 5 | Ron Kind (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 131,038 | 62.82% | Bill Arndt | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 69,955 | 33.54% | 208,581 | 61,083 |
| Jeff Zastrow | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 6,674 | 3.20% | ||||||||
| 2004[3] | Nov. 2 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 204,856 | 56.43% | Dale W. Schultz | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 157,866 | 43.49% | 363,008 | 46,990 |
| 2006[4] | Nov. 7 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 163,322 | 64.79% | Paul R. Nelson | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 88,523 | 35.12% | 252,087 | 74,799 |
| 2008[5] | Nov. 4 | Ron Kind (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 225,208 | 63.19% | Paul Stark | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 122,760 | 34.44% | 356,400 | 102,448 |
| Kevin Barrett | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 8,236 | 2.31% | ||||||||
| 2010[6] | Nov. 2 | Ron Kind (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 126,380 | 50.28% | Dan Kapanke | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 116,838 | 46.49% | 251,340 | 9,542 |
| Michael Krsiean | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 8,001 | 3.18% | ||||||||
2011 district boundaries (2012–2021)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[7] | Nov. 6 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 217,712 | 64.08% | Ray Boland | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 121,713 | 35.82% | 339,764 | 95,999 |
| 2014[8] | Nov. 4 | Ron Kind (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 155,368 | 56.46% | Tony Kurtz | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 119,540 | 43.44% | 275,161 | 35,828 |
| Ken Van Doren (write-in)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 128 | 0.05% | ||||||||
| 2016[9] | Nov. 8 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 257,401 | 98.86% | Ryan Peterson (write-in)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 169 | 0.06% | 260,370 | 254,601 |
| 2018[10] | Nov. 6 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 187,888 | 59.65% | Steve Toft | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 126,980 | 40.31% | 314,989 | 60,908 |
| 2020[11] | Nov. 3 | Ron Kind (inc) | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 199,870 | 51.30% | Derrick Van Orden | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. | 189,524 | 48.64% | 389,618 | 10,346 |
2022 district boundaries (2022–2031)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[12] | Nov. 8 | Derrick Van Orden | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 164,743 | 51.82% | Brad Pfaff | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 152,977 | 48.12% | 317,922 | 11,766 |
| 2024 | Nov. 5 | Derrick Van Orden | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 212,064 | 51.3% | Rebecca Cooke | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 200,808 | 48.6% | 413,181 | 11,256 |
Recent election results from statewide races
See also
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References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
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