Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

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.

"MN-3" redirects here. MN-3 may also refer to Minnesota State Highway 3.
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Dean Phillips
D–Deephaven
Area468[1] sq mi (1,210 km2)
Distribution
  • 95.57% urban[2]
  • 4.43% rural
Population (2019)730,214[3]
Median household
income		$98,877[4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+1[6]
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

Dean Phillips		 Democratic (DFL) January 3, 2019 –
Present		 116th
117th		 Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Elections

2020
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections
Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Dean Phillips 246,666 55.61%
Republican Kendall Qualls 196,625 44.32%

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
See also: Erik Paulsen § Elections
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
Main article: U.S. House elections, 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
See also: Erik Paulsen § Elections
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014 § District 3

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

2010
Third Congressional District of Minnesota Election, 2010
Party 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
Party 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

See also

References
  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. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=27&cd=03
  5. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2703-congressional-district-3-mn/
  6. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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