Nebraska's 3rd congressional district

Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
	Nebraska's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Adrian Smith; R–Gering
Distribution	53.79% rural; 46.21% urban;
Population (2018)	602,579
Median income	$52,432[1]
Ethnicity	94.4% white; 6.0% Hispanic; 0.8% Native American; 0.5% Asian; 0.3% black; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	R+27[2]

Nebraska's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska that encompasses its western three-fourths; it is one of the largest non-at-large districts in the country, covering nearly 65,000 square miles (170,000 km²), two time zones and 68 counties. It includes Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte, Alliance and Scottsbluff. Additionally, it encompasses the Sandhills region and a large majority of the Platte River.

Nebraska has had at least three congressional districts since 1883. The district's current configuration dates from 1963, when Nebraska lost a seat as a result of the 1960 United States Census. At that time, most of the old 3rd and 4th districts were merged to form the new 3rd district. It is one of the most Republican districts in the nation, as Democrats have only come close to winning it three times as currently drawn, in 1974, 1990 and 2006, all years where the incumbent was not running for reelection. Republican presidential and gubernatorial candidates routinely carry the district with margins of 40 percent or more, while Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win a plurality within the current district boundaries.

Excepting historically Democratic Saline County on the district's eastern boundary and Dakota County which has only been within the district since 2013, the last Democrat to carry any county within the district at a presidential level was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Although the Nebraska Legislature is elected on a nonpartisan basis, all but two members representing significant portions of the district are known to be Republicans. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of R+27, it is the most Republican congressional district outside the Southern United States. It is currently held by Republican Adrian Smith, who was first elected in 2006. The previous U.S. Representative, Tom Osborne, did not seek reelection in order to wage an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor of Nebraska.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Edward K. Valentine	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
George W. E. Dorsey	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Omer Madison Kem	Populist	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
George de Rue Meiklejohn	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Samuel Maxwell	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Seaton Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John J. McCarthy	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
John Frank Boyd	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James P. Latta	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 11, 1911	61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		September 11, 1911 – November 7, 1911	62nd
Dan V. Stephens	Democratic	November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1919	62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected to finish Latta's term. Lost re-election.
Robert E. Evans	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Edgar Howard	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Karl Stefan	Republican	January 3, 1935 – October 2, 1951	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		October 2, 1951 – December 4, 1951	82nd
Robert Dinsmore Harrison	Republican	December 4, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Stefan's term. Lost re-election.
Lawrence Brock	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Ralph F. Beermann	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
David Martin	Republican	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1962. Retired and then resigned early.
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Virginia Smith	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Bill Barrett	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2001	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Tom Osborne	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007	107th 108th 109th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Nebraska.
Adrian Smith	Republican	January 3, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2006.

Recent election results

2004

General election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Osborne (Incumbent)	218,751	87.5%
	Democratic	Donna J. Anderson	26,434	10.5%
	Nebraska	Joseph A. Rosberg	3,396	1.4%
	Green	Roy Guisinger	1,555	.6%
Total votes			250,136	100.0%
	Republican hold

2006

General election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith	113,687	54.99%
	Democratic	Scott Kleeb	93,046	45.01%
Total votes			206,733	100.0%
	Republican hold

2008

General election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	183,117	76.87%
	Democratic	Jay C. Stoddard	55,087	23.13%
Total votes			238,204	100.0%
	Republican hold

2010

General election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	117,275	70.12%
	Democratic	Rebekah Davis	29,932	17.9%
	Independent	Dan Hill	20,036	11.98%
Total votes			167,243	100.0%
	Republican hold

2012

General election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	187,423	74.2%
	Democratic	Mark Sullivan	65,266	25.8%
Total votes			252,689	100.0%
	Republican hold

2014

General election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	139,440	75.4%
	Democratic	Mark Sullivan	45,524	24.6%
Total votes			184,964	100.0%
	Republican hold

2016

General election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	226,720	100%
Total votes			226,720	100.0%
	Republican hold

2018

General election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	163,650	76.7%
	Democratic	Paul Theobald	49,654	23.3%
Total votes			213,304	100.0%
	Republican hold

Recent results in presidential elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 71% – Al Gore 25%
2004	President	George W. Bush 75% – John Kerry 24%
2008	President	John McCain 69% – Barack Obama 30%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 70% – Barack Obama 28%
2016	President	Donald Trump 75% – Hillary Clinton 20%

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

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References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=31&cd=03
"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

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=31&cd=03

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.