Iowa's 3rd congressional district
U.S. House district in Southwestern Iowa
Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Iowa. The district is in the southwest part of the state including Des Moines and the borders with Nebraska and Missouri. The district was created in 1863. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Cindy Axne since 2019.
| Iowa's 3rd congressional district | |||
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 Iowa's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
| Representative |
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 848,170 | ||
| Median household income | $67,681[1] | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Cook PVI | R+1[3] | ||
Election history
| Office | Year | District | 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 |
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David Young | 148,814 | 52.8 | |
| Democratic | Staci Appel | 119,109 | 42.2 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Wright | 9,054 | 3.2 | |
| N/A | Bryan Jack Holder | 4,360 | 1.5 | |
| Write-ins | 729 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 282,066 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 2018 Iowa's 3rd congressional district election[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | Paul Knupp | 1,795 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
| Independent | 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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