Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
	Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	John Yarmuth (D–Louisville)
Distribution	99.33[1]% urban; 0.67% rural;
Population (2016)	740,860[2]
Median income	$51,070
Ethnicity	71.65% White; 22.06% Black; 2.71% Asian; 5.13% Hispanic; 0.2% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+6[3]

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It encompasses almost all of Louisville Metro, which, since the merger of 2003, is consolidated with Jefferson County, though other incorporated cities exist within the county, such as Shively and St. Matthews. The far southeast reaches of Louisville Metro are part of the 4th Congressional District.

The district is currently represented by Democrat John Yarmuth.

Characteristics

This district is heavily Democratic, and is fully contained within Jefferson County, Kentucky. It has the highest percentage of African Americans in the state, who are concentrated in and near Louisville. It is a cosmopolitan, diverse district, with major businesses, health care organizations and universities.

As of September 2013, there were 518,028 registered voters: 305,121 (58.90%) Democrats, 166,271 (32.10%) Republicans, and 46,636 (9.00%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 35,209 (6.80%) unclassified Others, 10,528 (2.03%) Independents, 678 (0.13%) Libertarians, 177 (0.03%) Greens, 28 (0.0054%) Constitutionalists, 3 (0.0005%) Reforms, and 13 (0.0025%) Socialist Workers.^[4]^[5]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[6] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.^[7]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		March 4, 1803
Matthew Walton	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807
John Rowan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
Henry Crist	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
Stephen Ormsby	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Richard M. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	Redistricted from the 4th district
William Brown	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
John T. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to the 5th district
Henry Clay	Adams-Clay D-R	March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Henry Clay	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 6, 1825	Resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of State
James Clark	Adams	August 1, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Clark	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
Chilton Allan	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 10th district
Christopher Tompkins	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 10th district
Joseph R. Underwood	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Joseph R. Underwood	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Henry Grider	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Samuel Peyton	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Finis McLean	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Presley Ewing	Whig	March 4, 1851 – September 27, 1854	Died
Francis Bristow	Whig	December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855
Warner Underwood	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Francis Bristow	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Henry Grider	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865
Henry Grider	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – September 7, 1866	Died
Elijah Hise	Democratic	December 3, 1866 – May 8, 1867	Died
Jacob Golladay	Democratic	December 5, 1867 – February 28, 1870	Resigned
Joseph H. Lewis	Democratic	May 10, 1870 – March 3, 1873
Charles W. Milliken	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
John W. Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
John E. Halsell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
W. Godfrey Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Isaac Goodnight	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
W. Godfrey Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
John S. Rhea	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 25, 1902	Lost contested election
J. McKenzie Moss	Republican	March 25, 1902 – March 3, 1903	Won contested election
John S. Rhea	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
James M. Richardson	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Addison James	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1925	Died
John W. Moore	Democratic	December 26, 1925 – March 3, 1929
Charles W. Roark	Republican	March 4, 1929 – April 5, 1929	Died
John W. Moore	Democratic	June 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933
District redistricted to at-large district		March 4, 1933
District re-established from at-large district		January 3, 1935
Emmet O'Neal	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947
Thruston B. Morton	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953
John M. Robsion Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959
Frank W. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Gene Snyder	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Charles R. Farnsley	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
William O. Cowger	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
Romano Mazzoli	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1995
Mike Ward	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
Anne Northup	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007
John Yarmuth	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present

Recent election results

2002

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anne Northup*	118,228	51.61
	Democratic	Jack Conway	110,846	48.39
Total votes			229,074	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anne Northup*	197,736	60.26
	Democratic	Tony Miller	124,040	37.80
	Libertarian	George C. Dick	6,363	1.94
Total votes			328,139	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth	122,471	50.62
	Republican	Anne Northup (Incumbent)	116,555	48.18
	Libertarian	Donna Walker Mancini	2,134	0.88
	Constitution	W. Ed Parker	774	0.32
Total votes			241,934	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	203,843	59.37
	Republican	Anne Northup	139,527	40.64
	Libertarian	Ed Martin	Republican sued; votes not counted	0.00
Total votes			343,370	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	139,940	54.68
	Republican	Todd Lally	112,627	44.01
	Libertarian	Ed Martin	2,029	0.79
	Independent	Michael Hansen	1,334	0.52
Total votes			255,930	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	206,385	63.96
	Republican	Brooks Wicker	111,452	34.54
	Independent	Robert L. DeVore, Jr.	4.819	1.49
Total votes			322,656	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2014

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014) ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	157,056	63.5
	Republican	Michael MacFarlane	87,981	35.6
	Independent	Gregory Peter Puccetti	2,318	0.9
Total votes			247,355	100
	Democratic hold

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

As of June 2017, three former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district are alive. The most recent representative to die was Frank W. Burke (1959–1963) on June 29, 2007. The most recently serving representative to die was William O. Cowger (1967–1971) on October 2, 1971.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Romano Mazzoli	1971–1995	(1932-11-02) November 2, 1932
Mike Ward	1995–1997	(1951-01-07) January 7, 1951
Anne Northup	1997–2007	(1948-01-22) January 22, 1948

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Specific

↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
↑ "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
↑ "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
↑ "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
↑ "General Elections Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-12-19.

General

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