Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district | |
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Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Ron Kind (D–La Crosse) |
Area | 13,565.50 sq mi (35,134.5 km2) |
Distribution |
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Population (2000) | 670,462 |
Median income | 40,006 |
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | EVEN[1] |
Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district covering much of the Driftless Area in southwestern and western Wisconsin. The district includes the cities of La Crosse and Eau Claire, as well as most of the Wisconsin side of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It borders the states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Democrat Ron Kind has represented the district since 1997.
The political nature of the district is moderate with a slight lean to the left, 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 Kind's 1996 victory only two Democrats represented it in the 20th century.
John Kerry narrowly carried the district in 2004 with 51% of the vote. The district voted more Democratic in 2008, giving Barack Obama 58% of the vote and 41% to John McCain.
List of representatives
Congress(es) | Representative | Party | Years | Note |
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District created | March 4, 1849 | |||
31st 32nd |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Independent Democrat | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |||
33rd | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
34th 35th |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |||
36th | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
37th | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
38th 39th 40th 41st |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
42nd 43rd |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
44th | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
45th 46th 47th |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
48th | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
49th 50th 51st |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
52nd | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
60th | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
61st 62nd |
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
63rd 64th 65th |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
Redistricted from the 2nd district | |
66th | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
73rd 74th 75th |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Redistricted from the 7th district | |
Progressive | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | ||
76th | Republican | January 3, 1939 – July 4, 1939 |
Died | |
Vacant | July 4, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th 78th 79th 80th |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1949 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Republican | January 3, 1961 – December 31, 1974 |
Resigned | |
Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th 95th 96th |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th |
Democratic | January 3, 1997 – Present |
Incumbent |
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results | Political parties that won the district |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 49 - George W. Bush 46% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2004 | President | John Kerry 51 - George W. Bush 48% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 58 - John McCain 41% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 55 - Mitt Romney 44% | Democratic Party (United States) |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 49 - Hillary Clinton 45% | Republican Party (United States) |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
As of February 2017, one former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district is alive.
U.S. Representative | U.S. House of Representatives Term | Date of birth (and age) |
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Steve Gunderson | 1981–1997 | May 10, 1951 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- 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
External links
Coordinates: 44°03′23″N 90°53′30″W / 44.05639°N 90.89167°W