The 3rd district of the Iowa Senate, located in Northwestern Iowa, is currently composed of Buena Vista, Osceola, and O'Brien counties, and parts of Cherokee and Clay counties. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Lynn Evans.
Current elected officials Republican Lynn Evans has been the senator representing the 3rd District since 2023.
The area of the 3rd District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 5th District (represented by Zach Dieken) The 6th District (represented by Megan Jones)
The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.
List of representatives
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Representative Party Dates Residence Notes Democratic1846–1851Bloomfield Whig1852–1855Farmington Whig1852–1853Birmingham Whig1854–1857 Democratic1858–1859Vernon Democratic1860–1862BloomfieldCalled to the Army in February, 1862 Democratic1862–1863Bloomfield Republican1864–1867 Republican1868–1871Bloomfield Democratic1872–1877 Republican1878–1879Centerville Greenback1880–1883Centerville Democratic1884–1887Cincinnati Democratic1888–1891Bloomfield Republican1892–1895Centerville Republican1896–1899Bloomfield Democratic1900–1903Centerville Democratic1904–1912Centerville Republican1913–1920Centerville Republican1921–1924Bloomfield Democratic1925–1928Chariton Republican1929–1932 Democrat1933–1936CentervilleElected lieutenant governor in 1936 Democrat1936–1940Centerville Republican1941–1944Bloomfield Republican1945–1948MoultonDied in office, July 8, 1948 Democrat1949–1952Moulton Republican1953–1956Mystic Democrat1957–1960West Grove Republican1961–1964Unionville Democrat1965–1970Melrose Republican1971–1973Oak Lake Republican1972–1978Cherokee County Republican1979–1982Buena Vista County Republican1983–1986Sioux County Republican1987–1998Sioux Center Republican1999–2002Sioux County Republican2003–2012Ocheyedan Republican2013–2017PiersonResigned from office in 2017 Republican2017–2022Sioux City Republican2023–presentCherokee County
Historical district boundaries
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Map Description Years effective NotesAppanoose CountyDavis County1846–1849From 1846 to 1857, district numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.Appanoose CountyDavis CountyWayne County1850–1851Van Buren County1852–1855Van Buren County1856–1859District 3 included a portion of district 2 during this period.Davis County1860–1877Appanoose County1878–1883Appanoose CountyMonroe County1884–1887Appanoose CountyDavis County1888–1962Lucas CountyMonroe County Wayne County1963–1966Appanoose CountyLucas CountyMonroe County1967–1970Emmet County Humboldt CountyKossuth County1971–1972In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 election.Buena Vista County (partial)Cherokee County (partial)Clay County (partial)Palo Alto County (partial)Plymouth County (partial)Pocahontas County (partial)O'Brien County (partial)1973–1982Plymouth CountySioux County (partial)Woodbury County (partial)1983–1992Lyon CountyO'Brien County (partial)Osceola CountySioux County1993–2002Clay CountyDickinson CountyO'Brien CountyOsceola CountySioux County (partial) Grant Township Lynn Township Floyd Township East Orange Township2003–2012Plymouth County (partial) Excluding Meadow Township Remsen Township Henry Township Garfield Township Including Kingsley, Iowa Woodbury County (partial) Excluding Rock Township Morgan Township Miller Township Liston Township Oto Township Little Sioux Township Willow Township Sloan Township Concord Township Sioux City, Iowa approximately north of US20 Anthon, Iowa2013–2022 Buena Vista County Cherokee County (partial) Liberty Township Cedar Township Cherokee Township Pilot Township Silver Township Spring Township Afton Township Pitcher Township Diamond Township Clay County (partial) Lone Tree Township excluding Everly Riverton Township Clay Township Lincoln Township Gillett Grove Township Logan Township Peterson Township Douglas Township Herdland Township Garfield Township Spencer, Iowa O'Brien County Osceola County2023–present
See also Iowa General Assembly Iowa Senate
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