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.
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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] |
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+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]
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 |
Year[3] | Winner | Second | Percentage | ||||
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Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920 | Republican | Burton E. Sweet | 67,859 | Farmer–Labor | Roy Jacobs | 1,974 | 97% – 3% |
1922 | Thomas J. B. Robinson | 34,518 | 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 | Democratic | Albert C. Willford | 48,939 | Republican | Thomas J. B. Robinson | 47,776 | 51% – 49% |
1934 | Republican | John W. Gwynne | 42,063 | 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 | Democratic | David R. Nagle | 83,504 | 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 | Republican | Jim Ross Lightfoot | 125,931 | Democratic | Elaine Baxter | 121,063 | 49% – 47% |
1994 | 111,862 | 79,310 | 58% – 41% | ||||
1996 | Democratic | Leonard Boswell | 115,914 | 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 | 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% |
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
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 | Bryan Jack Holder | 4,360 | 1.5 | |
Write-ins | 729 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 282,066 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
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 |
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 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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