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
Area13,565.50 sq mi (35,134.5 km2)
Distribution
  • 56.85% rural
  • 43.15% urban
Population (2018 est.)724,568
Median income$57,953[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIEVEN[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

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.

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