Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district

Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
	Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Ron Kind; D–La Crosse
Area	13,565.50 sq mi (35,134.5 km2)
Distribution	56.85% rural; 43.15% urban;
Population (2019)	723,169
Median household; income	$59,426
Ethnicity	94% White; 3% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 2% other; 1% Black; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+4

Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district covers most of the Driftless Area in southwestern and western Wisconsin. The district includes the cities of La Crosse, Eau Claire and Stevens Point, 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.

The political nature of the district is moderate, 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. Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama all carried the district at the presidential level; it then narrowly voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and again in 2020 with slightly increased margins. It is one of seven districts that voted for Trump in 2020 while being held by a Democrat. The Cook Partisan Voting Index adjusted the district's partisan lean in 2021 from "even" to a pro-Republican lean of 4 points.

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. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.
James Duane Doty	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.
John B. Macy	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.
Charles Billinghurst	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
Charles Billinghurst	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
Charles H. Larrabee	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. Lost re-election.
A. Scott Sloan	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. Retired.
Amasa Cobb	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871	38th 39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
J. Allen Barber	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
Henry S. Magoon	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Lost renomination.
George Cochrane Hazelton	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost renomination.
Burr W. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
Robert M. La Follette	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Allen R. Bushnell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Retired.
Joseph W. Babcock	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election.
James William Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
Arthur W. Kopp	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired.
John M. Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination.
James G. Monahan	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
John M. Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost renomination.
Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Gardner R. Withrow	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th
Harry W. Griswold	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 4, 1939	76th	Elected in 1938. Died.
Vacant		July 4, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th
William H. Stevenson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1949	77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost renomination.
Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	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. Retired.
Vernon Wallace Thomson	Republican	January 3, 1961 – December 31, 1974	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election and resigned early.
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Alvin Baldus	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election.
Steve Gunderson	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Ron Kind	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – Present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retiring at end of term.

Recent election results[]

United States House of Representatives election, 2012: Wisconsin District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ron Kind (incumbent)	217,328	64.1%
	Republican	Ray Boland	121,536	35.9%

United States House of Representatives election, 2014: Wisconsin District 3
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Ron Kind (incumbent)	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 (incumbent) (unopposed)	257,401	99.9%	+43.4

United States House of Representatives election, 2018: Wisconsin District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ron Kind (incumbent)	187,888	59.7%	-40.2
	Republican	Steve Toft	126,980	40.3%	N/A

United States House of Representatives election, 2020: Wisconsin District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ron Kind (incumbent)	199,870	51.3%	-8.4
	Republican	Derrick Van Orden	189,524	48.6%	+8.3

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 54.8% - Mitt Romney 43.8%
2016	President	Donald Trump 49.3% - Hillary Clinton 44.8%
2020	President	Donald Trump 51.5% - Joe Biden 46.8%

Historical district boundaries[]

2003 - 2013

References[]

^ "My Congressional District: Wisconsin Congressional District 3". United States Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Congressional District 3, WI". Census Reporter. 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links[]

Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District

Coordinates: 44°03′23″N 90°53′30″W / 44.05639°N 90.89167°W / 44.05639; -90.89167

[1] "My Congressional District: Wisconsin Congressional District 3". United States Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Congressional District 3, WI". Census Reporter. 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Cook-3] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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