Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Erik Paulsen (R–Eden Prairie)
Area	468[1] sq mi (1,210 km2)
Distribution	95.57[2]% urban 4.43% rural
Population (2016)	709,906[3]
Median income	$84,689
Ethnicity	80% White 8.25% Black 7.03% Asian 4.84% Hispanic 0.33% Native American
Cook PVI	D+1[4]

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THIS govtrack.us MAP, is a useful representation of the 3rd CD's borders, based on Google Maps.

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin County to the north, west, and south of Minneapolis. With blue collar Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids to the north-east, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and higher-income Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, and Wayzata to the West with Champlin, it features a mixed characteristic. Republican Erik Paulsen currently represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, having been elected in 2008.

Presidential election voting

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created			March 4, 1873
43rd	John Thomas Averill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Retired
44th	William Smith King	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Retired
45th	Jacob Henry Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Retired
46th 47th	William Drew Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted to the 4th district
48th 49th	Horace Burton Strait	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	Lost reelection
50th	John Lewis MacDonald	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost reelection
51st	Darwin Scott Hall	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Lost reelection
52nd 53rd	Osee Matson Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Lost reelection
54th 55th 56th 57th	Joel Prescott Heatwole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Retired
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Charles Russell Davis	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925	Lost renomination
69th 70th 71st 72nd	August Herman Andresen	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Lost reelection
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
74th	Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Ran for U.S. Senate (successful)
75th	Henry George Teigan	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Lost reelection
76th	John Grant Alexander	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Lost renomination
77th 78th	Richard Pillsbury Gale	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Lost reelection
79th	William James Gallagher	DFL	January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946	Died
	Vacant		August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947
80th	George Edward MacKinnon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost reelection
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Roy William Wier	DFL	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	Lost reelection
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Clark MacGregor	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971	Ran for U.S. Senate (unsuccessful)
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	William Eldridge Frenzel	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991	Retired
102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	James Marvin Ramstad	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	Retired
111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Erik Philip Paulsen	Republican	January 3, 2009 – present	Incumbent

Elections

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Minnesota's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Minnesota Public Radio

Coordinates: 44°59′45″N 93°31′43″W / 44.99583°N 93.52861°W / 44.99583; -93.52861