Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

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Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin, Carver, and Anoka counties to the west, south, and north of Minneapolis. The district, which is mostly suburban in character, includes a few farming communities on its far western edge and also inner-ring suburban areas on its eastern edge. The district includes the blue collar cities of 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 mid-term elections.

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
From 2023 to 2033 From 2013 to 2023 Interactive map of district boundaries (Hennepin County highlighted in red)
Representative	Dean Phillips DFL–Plymouth
Area	468^[1] sq mi (1,210 km^2)
Distribution	95.57% urban^[2] 4.43% rural
Population (2021)	734,894^[3]
Median household income	$99,174^[4]
Ethnicity	78.7% White 7.1% Asian 7.0% Black 4.2% Hispanic 2.4% Two or more races 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+8^[5]

External image
THIS govtrack.us MAP, is a useful representation of the 3rd CD's borders, based on Google Maps.

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
2020	President	Biden 58.7 - 39.2%	Democratic

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1873
John T. Averill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1872. Retired.	1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
William S. King	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Jacob H. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
William D. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Horace B. Strait	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election.	1883–1893 Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Rice, Scott, and Swift
John L. MacDonald	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
Darwin Hall	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Osee M. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
					1893–1903 Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Rice, Scott, and Sibley
Joel Heatwole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
Charles Russell Davis	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost renomination.	1903–1915 [data unknown/missing]
					1915–1933 Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley, and Washington
August H. Andresen	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected at-large
Ernest Lundeen	Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1935–1963 Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, and Washington; parts of Hennepin
Henry Teigan	Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
John G. Alexander	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost renomination.
Richard Pillsbury Gale	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
William Gallagher	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946	79th	Elected in 1944. Died.
Vacant		August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947
George MacKinnon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Roy Wier	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Clark MacGregor	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					1963–1973 Anoka; parts of Hennepin
Bill Frenzel	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired.
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
					1983–1993 Parts of Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, and Scott
Jim Ramstad	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
					1993–1995 Parts of Dakota, Hennepin, Scott, and Washington
					1995–2003 Parts of Dakota, Hennepin, Scott, and Wright
					2003–2013   Parts of Anoka and Hennepin
Erik Paulsen	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election.
					2013–present   Parts of Anoka, Carver, and Hennepin
Dean Phillips	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent elections

Graph of election results in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dean Phillips (Incumbent)	246,666	55.61%
	Republican	Kendall Qualls	196,625	44.32%

2018

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2018

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dean Phillips	202,402	55.61%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	160,838	44.19%

2016

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2016

See also: Erik Paulsen § Elections

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2016 § District 3

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	233,075	56.9%
	Democratic (DFL)	Terri Bonoff	169,238	43.1%

2014

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2014

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	167,515	62.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Sharon Sund	101,846	37.8

See also: Erik Paulsen § Elections

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014 § District 3

2012

Main article: U.S. House elections, 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

See also: Erik Paulsen § Elections

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2012 § District 3

2010

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2010

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	161,177	58.8
	Democratic (DFL)	Jim Meffert	100,240	36.6
	Independence	Jon Oleson	12,508	4.6

2008

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2008

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen (Incumbent)	179,032	48.5
	Democratic (DFL)	Ashwin Madia	150,863	40.9
	Independence	David Dillon	38,987	10.6

2006

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2006

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad (Incumbent)	184,355	64.9
	Democratic (DFL)	Wendy Wilde	99,599	35.0

2004

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2004

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad (Incumbent)	231,871	64.7
	Democratic (DFL)	Deborah Watts	126,665	35.3

2002

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2002

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad (Incumbent)	213,334	72.0
	Democratic (DFL)	Darryl Stanton	82,575	27.9

2000

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2000

Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad (Incumbent)	222,571	67.6
	Democratic (DFL)	Sue Schuff	98,219	29.9
	Libertarian	Bob Odden	5,302	1.6
	Constitution	Arne Niska	2,970	0.9

Historical district boundaries

 

2003 - 2013

See also

•  United States portal

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

References

1. "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
2. Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
3. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
4. "My Congressional District".
5. "2022 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

• Minnesota Public Radio

Coordinates: 44°59′45″N 93°31′43″W / 44.99583°N 93.52861°W / 44.99583; -93.52861