Oregon's 3rd congressional district

Oregon's 3rd congressional district covers most of Multnomah County, including Gresham, Troutdale, and most of Portland east of the Willamette River (parts of Northwest and Southwest Portland lie in the 1st and 5th districts). It also includes the northeastern part of Clackamas County. Generally, most of Portland east of the Willamette River is in the 3rd District.

For Oregon's 3rd district in the Oregon House of Representatives, see Oregon's 3rd House district.

"OR-3" redirects here. OR-3 may also refer to Oregon Route 3.

Oregon's 3rd congressional district
Oregon's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Earl Blumenauer D–Portland
Area	1,021 sq mi (2,640 km^2)
Distribution	93.12% urban 6.88% rural
Population (2000)	684,279
Median income	$64,369[1]
Ethnicity	79.8% white 7.6% Hispanic 5.4% Asian 5.3% black 0.5% other 0.3% Native American
Occupation	59.4% White-collar 25% Blue-collar 15.5% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	D+24[2]

The district has been represented by Democrat Earl Blumenauer since a 1996 special election. It is the second-most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+24; only Washington's 7th congressional district is more Democratic.

List of members representing the district

The district was created in 1913, sending its first representative to the 63rd Congress.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ess	District home	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1913
Walter Lafferty	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Portland	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [data unknown/missing]
Clifton N. McArthur	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Elton Watkins	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Maurice E. Crumpacker	Republican	March 4, 1925 – July 24, 1927	69th 70th	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 24, 1927 – October 18, 1927
Franklin F. Korell	Republican	October 18, 1927 – March 3, 1931	70th 71st	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Charles H. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935	72nd 73rd	Portland	Elected Governor of Oregon in 1934
William A. Ekwall	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Nan Wood Honeyman	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Portland	First woman elected to Congress from Oregon Lost re-election.
Homer D. Angell	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1955	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Edith Green	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Retired in 1974 and resigned early
Robert B. Duncan	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	Gresham	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Ron Wyden	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – February 5, 1996	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Portland	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected to the US Senate
Vacant		February 5, 1996 – May 21, 1996
Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	May 21, 1996 – present	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Portland	Incumbent

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 72 - 25%
2016	President	Clinton 71 - 23%

Recent election results

Sources (official results only):

• Elections History from the Oregon Secretary of State website
• Election Statistics from the website of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

1994

1994 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Wyden	161,624	72.54
	Republican	Everett Hall	43,211	19.39
	Independent	Mark Brunelle	13,550	6.08
	Libertarian	Gene Nanni	4,164	1.87
		Misc.	273	0.12

1996 special election

A special election was held on May 21, 1996 to fill the vacancy created when incumbent Ron Wyden resigned effective February 5, 1996 after winning a special election to the United States Senate. The winner of the election, Earl Blumenauer, served the remainder of Wyden's two-year term.

1996 United States House special election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	73,656	68.38
	Republican	Mark Brunelle	26,735	24.82
	Pacific Green	Joe Keating	4,336	4.03
	Socialist	Victoria P. Guillebeau	2,452	2.28
		Misc.	529	0.49

1996

1996 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	165,922	66.93
	Republican	Scott Bruun	65,259	26.32
	Pacific Green	Joe Keating	9,274	3.74
	Libertarian	Bruce Alexander Knight	4,474	1.80
	Socialist	Victoria P. Guillebeau	2,449	0.99
		Misc.	531	0.21

1998

1998 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	153,889	83.64
	Libertarian	Bruce Alexander Knight	16,930	9.23
	Socialist	Walter F. Brown	10,199	5.56
		Misc.	2,333	1.27

2000

2000 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	181,049	66.77
	Republican	Jeffery L. Pollack	64,128	23.65
	Pacific Green	Tre Arrow	15,763	5.81
	Libertarian	Bruce Alexander Knight	4,942	1.821
	Socialist	Walter F. Brown	4,703	1.73
		Misc.	576	0.21

2002

See also: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2002 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	156,851	66.77
	Republican	Sarah Seale	62,821	26.74
	Socialist	Walter F. Brown	6,538	2.78
	Libertarian	Kevin Jones	4,704	2.00
	Constitution	David Brownlow	3,495	1.49
		Misc.	518	0.22

2004

See also: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2004 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	245,559	70.86
	Republican	Tami Mars	82,045	23.67
	Socialist	Walter F. Brown	10,678	3.08
	Constitution	Dale Winegarden	7,119	2.05
		Misc.	1,159	0.33

2006

See also: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2006 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	186,380	73.49
	Republican	Bruce Broussard	59,529	23.47
	Constitution	David Brownlow	7,003	2.76
		Misc.	698	0.28

2008

See also: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2008 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	254,235	74.54
	Republican	Delia Lopez	71,063	20.84
	Pacific Green	Michael Meo	15,063	4.42
		Misc.	701	0.21

2010

See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2010 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	193,104	70.02
	Republican	Delia Lopez	67,714	24.55
	Libertarian	Jeff Lawrence	8,380	3.04
	Pacific Green	Michael Meo	6,197	2.25
		Misc.	407	0.15

2012

See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2012 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	264,979	74.48
	Republican	Ronald Green	70,235	19.74
	Libertarian	Michael Cline	6,640	1.87
	Pacific Green	Woodrow Broadnax	13,159	3.70
		Misc.	772	0.22

2014

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2014 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	211,748	73.33
	Republican	James Buchal	57,424	19.89
	Libertarian	Jeffrey J. Langan	6,381	2.21
	Pacific Green	Michael Meo	12,106	4.19
		Misc.	1,089	0.38

2016

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2016 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	274,687	71.84
	Progressive	David Delk	27,978	7.32
	Independent	David W. Walker	78,154	20.44
		Misc.	1,536	0.40

2018

See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2018 United States House election: Oregon District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer	279,019	72.6
	Republican	Tom Harrison	76,187	19.8
	Independent	Marc Koller	21,352	5.6
	Libertarian	Gary Dye	5,767	1.5
	Constitution	Michael P. Marsh	1,487	0.4
		Misc.	514	0.1

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

Before the 2002 redistricting, the whole of Multnomah County was included in the district; it lost southwest Portland to the 1st and 5th districts, but it gained most of its current portion of Clackamas County.[3][4]

See also

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

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Mapes, Jeff (June 29, 2011). "Oregon legislators reach agreement on congressional redistricting". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
4. "Oregon's Congressional Districts (Senate Bill 990)" (PDF). Oregon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved July 27, 2011.

• 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