Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district

Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district covering much of the Driftless Area in southwestern and western Wisconsin. The district includes the cities of La Crosse and Eau Claire, as well as most of the Wisconsin side of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It borders the states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Democrat Ron Kind has represented the district since 1997.

Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Ron Kind D–La Crosse
Area	13,565.50 sq mi (35,134.5 km^2)
Distribution	56.85% rural 43.15% urban
Population (2018 est.)	724,568
Median income	$57,953[1]
Ethnicity	91% white[2] 3% Hispanic 2% Asian 2% other 1% black 0% Native American
Cook PVI	EVEN[3]

The political nature of the district is moderate with a slight lean to the left, given its combination of an overall rural and suburban character counterbalanced by two significant urban centers (Eau Claire and La Crosse) and the Twin Cities suburbs. It historically elected moderate Republicans; before Kind's 1996 victory only two Democrats represented it in the 20th century.

John Kerry narrowly carried the district in 2004 with 51% of the vote. The district voted more Democratic in 2008, giving Barack Obama 58% of the vote and 41% to John McCain.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1849
James Duane Doty	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
John B. Macy	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Billinghurst	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles H. Larrabee	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
A. Scott Sloan	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Amasa Cobb	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871	38th 39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
J. Allen Barber	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry S. Magoon	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
George Cochrane Hazelton	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Burr W. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert M. La Follette Sr.	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Allen R. Bushnell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph W. Babcock	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
James William Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur W. Kopp	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [data unknown/missing]
James G. Monahan	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing]
	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
Harry W. Griswold	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 4, 1939	76th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 4, 1939 – January 3, 1941
William H. Stevenson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1949	77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	[data unknown/missing]
Vernon Wallace Thomson	Republican	January 3, 1961 – December 31, 1974	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975
Alvin Baldus	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Steve Gunderson	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Ron Kind	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – Present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	[data unknown/missing] Incumbent

Recent election results

United States House of Representatives election, 2012: Wisconsin District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Ron Kind	217,328	64.1%
	Republican	Ray Boland	121,536	35.9%

United States House of Representatives election, 2014: Wisconsin District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Ron Kind	155,368	56.5%	-7.6
	Republican	Tony Kurtz	119,540	43.4%	+7.5
	Independent	Ken Van Doren	128	0%	N/A

United States House of Representatives election, 2016: Wisconsin District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Ron Kind (unopposed)	257,401	99.9%	+43.4

United States House of Representatives election, 2018: Wisconsin District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Ron Kind	187,888	59.7%	-40.2
	Republican	Steve Toft	126,980	40.3%	N/A

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 49% - George W. Bush 46%
2004	President	John Kerry 51% - George W. Bush 48%
2008	President	Barack Obama 58% - John McCain 41%
2012	President	Barack Obama 55% - Mitt Romney 44%
2016	President	Donald Trump 49% - Hillary Clinton 45%

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=03
2. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5503-congressional-district-3-wi/
3. "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

External links

• Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District