Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Erik Paulsen (R–Eden Prairie)
Area	468[1] mi^2 (1212 km^2)
Distribution	96% urban, 4% rural
Population (2000)	614,935[2]
Median income	$63,816
Ethnicity	89.5% White, 3.8% Black, 4% Asian, 1.8% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+2[3]

External images

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

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin County to the north, west, and south of Minneapolis. With blue collar Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids to the north, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and higher-income Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetrista, and Wayzata to the West, it features a mixed characteristic. Republican Erik Paulsen currently represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, having been elected in 2008.

Election of 2008

The district leans slightly Republican with a CPVI of EVEN.^[4] However, 53% of people in the district voted for Barack Obama in 2008, equal to his share of the national popular vote. On September 17, 2007, incumbent Republican Jim Ramstad announced he would not seek reelection in 2008.^[5] On November 4, 2008, Republican Erik Paulsen defeated Democrat Ashwin Madia to replace Ramstad.^[6]

Election of 2010

On April 10, 2010 the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Party endorsed Jim Meffert to run for the seat, while the GOP endorsed Paulsen for another term.

On November 2, 2010, Paulsen was re-elected in a landslide, taking 59% to Meffert's 37%.

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created		March 4, 1873
43rd	John T. Averill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 2nd district
44th	William S. King	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
45th	Jacob H. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
46th-47th	William D. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted to the 4th district
48th-49th	Horace B. Strait	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 2nd district
50th	John L. MacDonald	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
51st	Darwin Hall	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
52nd-53rd	Osee M. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
54th-57th	Joel Heatwole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
58th-68th	Charles Russell Davis	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925
69th-72nd	August H. Andresen	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
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	Redistricted from the At-large district
75th	Henry Teigan	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	John G. Alexander	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th-78th	Richard Pillsbury Gale	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
79th	William Gallagher	DFL	January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946	Died
	Vacant		August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947
80th	George MacKinnon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st-86th	Roy Wier	DFL	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
87th-91st	Clark MacGregor	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971
92nd-101st	Bill Frenzel	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991
102nd-110th	Jim Ramstad	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009
111th-113th	Erik Paulsen	Republican	January 3, 2009 – present	Incumbent

Elections

2012

See also: Erik_Paulsen#Elections

See also: United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota,_2012#District_3

2010

2010 Third Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen	161,177	58.8	-
	Democratic	Jim Meffert	100,240	36.6	-
	Independence	Jon Oleson	12,508	4.6	-

2008

2008 Third Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Erik Paulsen	179,032	48.5	-
	Democratic	Ashwin Madia	150,863	40.9	-
	Independence	David Dillon	38,987	10.6	-

2006

2006 Third Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad	184,355	65	-
	Democratic	Wendy Wilde	99,599	35	-

2004

2004 Third Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Ramstad	231,872	65	-7
	Democratic	Deborah Watts	126,670	35	-

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• 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 2007-04-02.
2. "Fast Facts". US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
3. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
4. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 111th Congress, Arranged by State/District" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2009-04-10.
5. Fred Frommer, Fred (2007-09-17). "Ramstad announces his retirement from Congress". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
6. "Election results: Minnesota: U.S. House". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2008-11-05.

• Minnesota Public Radio

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