Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

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Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
	Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Dean Phillips; D–Deephaven
Area	468[1] sq mi (1,210 km2)
Distribution	95.57% urban[2]; 4.43% rural;
Population (2018 est.)	723,994[3]
Median income	$90,442[4]
Ethnicity	76% white[5]; 9% black; 8% Asian; 4% Hispanic; 3% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+1[6]

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin, Carver, and Anoka counties to the west, south, and north of Minneapolis. The district includes blue collar Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids to the north-east, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and higher-income Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, and Wayzata to the west. Democrat Dean Phillips currently represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, after defeating incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen in the November 2018 midterm elections.

Statewide election voting

Year	Office	Results	Party
2000	President	Bush 50 - 46%	Republican
2004	President	Bush 51 - 48%	Republican
2008	President	Obama 52 - 46%	Democratic
2012	President	Obama 49.6 - 48.8%	Democratic
2016	President	Clinton 50.8 - 41.4%	Democratic
2018	Senate	Klobuchar 62.3 - 34.7%	Democratic

List of members representing the district

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created					March 4, 1873
43rd	John Thomas Averill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Retired.
44th	William Smith King	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Retired.
45th	Jacob Henry Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Retired.
46th 47th	William Drew Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted to the 4th district
48th 49th	Horace Burton Strait	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	Lost re-election.
50th	John Lewis MacDonald	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost re-election.
51st	Darwin Scott Hall	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Lost re-election.
52nd 53rd	Osee Matson Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Lost re-election.
54th 55th 56th 57th	Joel Prescott Heatwole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Retired.
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Charles Russell Davis	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925	Lost renomination.
69th 70th 71st 72nd	August Herman Andresen	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Lost re-election.
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
74th	Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Ran for U.S. Senate (successful)
75th	Henry George Teigan	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Lost re-election.
76th	John Grant Alexander	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Lost renomination.
77th 78th	Richard Pillsbury Gale	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Lost re-election.
79th	William James Gallagher	DFL	January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946	Died.
79th	Vacant		August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947
80th	George Edward MacKinnon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost re-election.
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Roy William Wier	DFL	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	Lost re-election.
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Clark MacGregor	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971	Ran for U.S. Senate (unsuccessful)
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Bill Frenzel	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991	Retired.
102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Jim Ramstad	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	Retired.
111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Erik Paulsen	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	Lost re-election.
116th	Dean Phillips	DFL	January 3, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018.

Elections

2018

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dean Phillips	202,402	55.61%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen	160,838	44.19%

2016

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen	233,075	56.9%
	Democratic (DFL)	Terri Bonoff	169,238	43.1%

2014

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen	167,515	62.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Sharon Sund	101,846	37.8

2012

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	222,335	58.10
	Democratic (DFL)	Brian Barnes	159,937	41.79
	Write-in		433	0.11
Total votes			382,705	100.0

2010

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2010
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Erik Paulsen	161,177	58.8
Democratic (DFL)	Jim Meffert	100,240	36.6
Independence	Jon Oleson	12,508	4.6

2008

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2008
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Erik Paulsen	179,032	48.5
Democratic (DFL)	Ashwin Madia	150,863	40.9
Independence	David Dillon	38,987	10.6

2006

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad	184,355	65
	Democratic (DFL)	Wendy Wilde	99,599	35

2004

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad	231,872	65
	Democratic (DFL)	Deborah Watts	126,670	35

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

"Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=27&cd=03
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2703-congressional-district-3-mn/
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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[1] "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

[2] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[3] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[4] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=27&cd=03

[5] ttps://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2703-congressional-district-3-mn/

[Cook-6] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.