Iowa's 3rd congressional district

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.

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+2, it is the least Republican leaning district of Iowa’s four congressional districts, a state currently represented in Congress only by Republicans. It is also the wealthiest congressional district in the state of Iowa.

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 53–45%2012 PresidentObama 53–47%2016 PresidentTrump 48–45% SenateGrassley 58–38%2018 GovernorHubbell 51–47% Secretary of StatePate 49–48% AuditorSand 53–44% TreasurerFitzgerald 59–38%2020 PresidentTrump 49.2–48.8% SenateErnst 49–48%2022 SenateGrassley 51–48% GovernorReynolds 53–44% Secretary of StatePate 56–44% AuditorSand 56–44% TreasurerFitzgerald 55–45% Attorney GeneralMiller 54–46%2024 PresidentTrump 51–47%

Composition The 3rd districts includes the entirety of the following counties: #CountySeatPopulation1AdairGreenfield7,3893AdamsCorning3,5447AppanooseCenterville12,11929CassAtlantic13,13039ClarkeOsceola9,58849DallasAdel111,09251DavisBloomfield9,16953DecaturLeon7,66573GreeneJefferson8,58477GuthrieGuthrie Center10,722117LucasChariton8,747121MadisonWinterset16,971135MonroeAlbia7,504137MontgomeryRed Oak10,139145PageClarinda15,014153PolkDes Moines505,255159RinggoldMount Ayr4,642173TaylorBedford5,924175UnionCreston11,906179WapelloOttumwa35,166185WayneCorydon6,557

List of members representing the district Representative Party Years Congress Electoral historyLocation District created March 4, 1863 William B. Allison Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Retired to run for U.S. Senator.1863–1873 William G. Donnan Republican March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1870.Re-elected in 1872.Retired.1873–1883 Lucien L. Ainsworth Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Retired. Theodore W. Burdick Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1876.Retired. Thomas Updegraff Republican March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Redistricted to the and lost re-election there. David B. Henderson Republican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Renominated but withdrew prior to election.1883–1887Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, and Grundy counties1887–1933Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, Franklin, Hardin, and Wright counties Benjamin P. Birdsall Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1909 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Retired. Charles E. Pickett Republican March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Lost re-election. Maurice Connolly Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1912.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Burton E. Sweet Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Thomas J. B. Robinson Republican March 4, 1923 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Lost re-election. Albert C. Willford Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1935 Elected in 1932.Lost re-election.1933–1943 John W. Gwynne Republican January 3, 1935 –January 3, 1949 Elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Lost renomination.1943–1963 Harold R. Gross Republican January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1975 Elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Retired.1963–19731973–1983 Chuck Grassley Republican January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1981 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. T. Cooper Evans Republican January 3, 1981 –January 3, 1987 Elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Retired.1983–1993 David R. Nagle Democratic January 3, 1987 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. Jim R. Lightfoot Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1997 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Retired to run for U.S. Senator.1993–2003 Leonard Boswell Democratic January 3, 1997 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Lost re-election.2003–2013 Tom Latham Republican January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2015 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.Retired.2013–2023 David Young Republican January 3, 2015 –January 3, 2019 Elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Lost re-election. Cindy Axne Democratic January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 Elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Lost re-election.Zach Nunn Republican January 3, 2023 –present Elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.2023–present:

Recent election results Year Winner Second Percentage 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% 2024 213,747 Lanon Baccam 197,965 51.8-47.9

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See also

Iowa's congressional districts List of United States congressional districts Redistricting in the United States

References General

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present