Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

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.

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	John Yarmuth D–Louisville
Distribution	99.33% urban[1] 0.67% rural
Population (2016)	740,860[2]
Median income	$53,677[3]
Ethnicity	71.65% white 22.06% black 5.13% Hispanic 2.71% Asian 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	D+6[4]

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.[5][6]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[7] 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.[8]

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 50 - 48%
2004	President	Kerry 51 - 49%
2008	President	Obama 56 - 43%
2012	President	Obama 56 - 43%
2016	President	Clinton 55 - 40%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		March 4, 1803
Matthew Walton	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1813 Breckinridge, Bullitt, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, and Washington counties
John Rowan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Retired.
Henry Crist	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Retired.
Stephen Ormsby	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 8th district and lost re-election.
Richard M. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819	13th 14th 15th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired.	1813–1823 Boone, Campbell, Franklin, Gallatin, Harrison, Pendleton, and Scott counties
William Brown	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. Retired.
John T. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Henry Clay	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.	1823–1833 Clark, Fayette, and Woodford counties
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 6, 1825
Vacant		March 6, 1825 – August 1, 1825	19th
James Clark	Anti-Jacksonian	August 1, 1825 – March 3, 1831	19th 20th 21st	Elected to finish Clay's term and seated December 5, 1825. Re-elected in 1827. [data unknown/missing]
Chilton Allan	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district.
Christopher Tompkins	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Redistricted from the 10th district. [data unknown/missing]	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Joseph R. Underwood	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843		[data unknown/missing]
Henry Grider	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Peyton	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Finis McLean	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Presley Ewing	Whig	March 4, 1851 – September 27, 1854	32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 27, 1854 – December 4, 1854	33rd
Francis Bristow	Whig	December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855		Elected to finish Ewing's term [data unknown/missing]
Warner Underwood	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis Bristow	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Grider	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th 39th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – September 7, 1866
Vacant		September 7, 1866 – December 3, 1866	39th
Elijah Hise	Democratic	December 3, 1866 – May 8, 1867		Elected to the vacant term Died.
Vacant		May 8, 1867 – December 5, 1867	40th
Jacob Golladay	Democratic	December 5, 1867 – February 28, 1870	40th 41st	Elected to finish Hise's term Resigned.
Vacant		February 28, 1870 – May 10, 1870	41st
Joseph H. Lewis	Democratic	May 10, 1870 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected to finish Golladay's term [data unknown/missing]
Charles W. Milliken	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing]	1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
John W. Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
John E. Halsell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
W. Godfrey Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Isaac Goodnight	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
W. Godfrey Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
John S. Rhea	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 25, 1902	55th 56th 57th	Lost contested election.
J. McKenzie Moss	Republican	March 25, 1902 – March 3, 1903	57th	Won contested election.
John S. Rhea	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
James M. Richardson	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
Addison James	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Y. Thomas Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1925	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 3, 1925 – December 26, 1925	69th
John W. Moore	Democratic	December 26, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	Elected to finish Thomas's term [data unknown/missing]
Charles W. Roark	Republican	March 4, 1929 – April 5, 1929	71st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 5, 1929 – June 1, 1929
John W. Moore	Democratic	June 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected to finish Roark's term [data unknown/missing]
Districts not used, see Kentucky's at-large congressional district. District re-established.		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd
Emmet O'Neal	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing]	1935–1943 [data unknown/missing]
					1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
Thruston B. Morton	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Robsion Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing]	1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
Frank W. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	[data unknown/missing]
Gene Snyder	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	[data unknown/missing]	1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Charles R. Farnsley	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	[data unknown/missing]
William O. Cowger	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
Romano Mazzoli	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1995	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Mike Ward	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	[data unknown/missing]
Anne Northup	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	[data unknown/missing]
					2003–2013
John Yarmuth	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	[data unknown/missing]
					2013–present

Recent election results

2002

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anne Northup (Incumbent)	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 (Incumbent)	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) [9]

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

2016

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	212,401	63.5
	Republican	Harold Bratcher	122,093	36.5
Total votes			334,494	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (Incumbent)	173,002	62.1
	Republican	Vickie Yates Glisson	101,930	36.6
	Libertarian	Gregory Boles	3,788	1.4
Total votes			278,720	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

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

References

Specific

1. Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
2. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
6. "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
7. "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
8. "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
9. "General Elections Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

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

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2006