Iowa's 3rd Congressional District
Iowa's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Zach Nunn (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Iowa representatives represented an average of 798,102 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 763,447 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent Zach Nunn, Lanon Baccam, and Marco Battaglia are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
Zach Nunn (R) | ||
Lanon Baccam (D) | ||
Marco Battaglia (L) (Write-in) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Lanon Baccam defeated Melissa Vine in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Lanon Baccam | 84.1 | 19,357 | |
Melissa Vine | 15.8 | 3,642 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 29 |
Total votes: 23,028 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent Zach Nunn advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Zach Nunn | 98.3 | 21,103 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 365 |
Total votes: 21,468 | ||||
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Zach Nunn defeated incumbent Cindy Axne in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Zach Nunn (R) | 50.3 | 156,262 | |
Cindy Axne (D) | 49.6 | 154,117 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 534 |
Total votes: 310,913 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent Cindy Axne advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Axne | 99.5 | 47,710 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 252 |
Total votes: 47,962 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Zach Nunn defeated Nicole Hasso and Gary Leffler in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Zach Nunn | 65.8 | 30,502 | |
Nicole Hasso | 19.4 | 8,991 | ||
Gary Leffler | 14.7 | 6,800 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 89 |
Total votes: 46,382 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mary Ann Hanusa (R)
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent Cindy Axne defeated David Young and Bryan Holder in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Axne (D) | 48.9 | 219,205 | |
David Young (R) | 47.5 | 212,997 | ||
Bryan Holder (L) | 3.4 | 15,361 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 384 |
Total votes: 447,947 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent Cindy Axne advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Axne | 99.2 | 76,681 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 623 |
Total votes: 77,304 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
David Young defeated Bill Schafer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | David Young | 69.5 | 39,103 | |
Bill Schafer | 30.1 | 16,904 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 227 |
Total votes: 56,234 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Axne (D) | 49.3 | 175,642 | |
David Young (R) | 47.1 | 167,933 | ||
Bryan Holder (L) | 2.0 | 7,267 | ||
Mark Elworth Jr. (Legal Medical Now Party) | 0.6 | 2,015 | ||
Paul Knupp (G) | 0.5 | 1,888 | ||
Joe Grandanette (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,301 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 195 |
Total votes: 356,241 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Cindy Axne defeated Eddie Mauro and Pete D'Alessandro in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cindy Axne | 58.0 | 32,910 | |
Eddie Mauro | 26.4 | 15,006 | ||
Pete D'Alessandro | 15.6 | 8,874 |
Total votes: 56,790 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heather Ryan (D)
- Theresa Greenfield (D)
- Austin Frerick (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent David Young advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | David Young | 100.0 | 21,712 |
Total votes: 21,712 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent David Young (R) defeated Jim Mowrer (D), Bryan Holder (L), Claudia Addy (I), and Joe Grandanette (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Young defeated Joe Grandanette in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016, while Mowrer defeated Desmund Adams and Mike Sherzan in the Democratic primary.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | David Young Incumbent | 53.4% | 208,598 | |
Democratic | Jim Mowrer | 39.7% | 155,002 | |
Libertarian | Bryan Holder | 3.9% | 15,372 | |
Independent | Claudia Addy | 1.6% | 6,348 | |
Independent | Joe Grandanette | 1.2% | 4,518 | |
N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 449 | |
Total Votes | 390,287 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Mowrer | 49.6% | 13,024 | ||
Mike Sherzan | 36.5% | 9,573 | ||
Desmund Adams | 13.9% | 3,650 | ||
Total Votes | 26,247 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
David Young Incumbent | 85.2% | 17,977 | ||
Joe Grandanette | 14.8% | 3,134 | ||
Total Votes | 21,111 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State |
2014
The 3rd Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. David Young (R) defeated challengers Staci Appel (D), Edward Wright (L) and Bryan Jack Holder (I) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | Staci Appel | 42.2% | 119,109 | |
Republican | David Young | 52.8% | 148,814 | |
Libertarian | Ed Wright | 3.2% | 9,054 | |
Independent | Bryan Jack Holder | 1.5% | 4,360 | |
Write-in | Other | 0.3% | 729 | |
Total Votes | 282,066 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results |
General election candidates
June 3, 2014, primary results
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Considered but withdrew
- Michael Sherzan - Businessman[16][17][18][19]
Declined to run
- Tom Latham - Incumbent
- Brenna Findley: Legal counsel to Gov. Terry Branstad[20][21]
- Mary Ann Hanusa: State Representative[22]
2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 4th District, Tom Latham won the election in the district.[23]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | Tom Latham Incumbent | 52.3% | 202,000 | |
Democratic | Leonard Boswell | 43.7% | 168,632 | |
Independent | David Rosenfeld | 1.6% | 6,286 | |
Independent | Scott G. Batcher | 2.4% | 9,352 | |
Total Votes | 386,270 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brad Zaun (R) and Rebecca Williamson (Socialist Workers) in the general election.[24]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kim Schmett (R) and Frank V. Forrestal (Socialist Workers Party) in the general election.[25]
2006
On November 7, 2006, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeff Lamberti (R) and Helen Meyers (Socialist Workers) in the general election.[26]
2004
On November 2, 2004, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stan Thompson (R) in the general election.[27]
2002
On November 5, 2002, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stan Thompson (R), Jeffrey J. Smith (L) and Edwin B. Fruit (Socialist Workers Party) in the general election.[28]
2000
On November 7, 2000, Leonard L. Boswell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jay Marcus (R), Joe Seehusen (L), Sue Atkinson (I) and Jim Hennager (Earth Federation) in the general election.[29]
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
On November 4, 2021, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed new congressional and state legislative maps into law after the state's Legislative Services Agency had proposed them on October 21, 2021. The Iowa legislature approved the maps on October 28, 2021, by a vote of 48-1 in the state Senate and 93-2 in the state House.[30] The legislature could only vote to approve or reject the maps and could not make any amendments. These maps took effect for Iowa's 2022 congressional and legislative elections.
How does redistricting in Iowa work? The Legislative Services Agency prepares redistricting plans for approval by the Iowa State Legislature. According to All About Redistricting, the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) consists of "civil servants committed to nonpartisanship and otherwise charged with tasks like legal and fiscal analysis of state legislation and state government oversight." The LSA is assisted by a commission, which consists of the following members:[31]
- one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
- one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
- one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa State Senate
- one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
- one member selected by the first four members
The members of this commission cannot "hold partisan public office or an office in a political party, and none may be a relative or employee of a federal or state legislator (or the legislature as a whole)."[31]
Working with this commission, the LSA drafts congressional and state legislative district lines. The maps are presented as a single bill to the state legislature, which may approve or reject the bill without altering it (the legislature can provide feedback). If the legislature rejects the plan, the LSA must draft a second proposal. If the legislature rejects the second proposal, the LSA must draft a third, and final, set of maps. If the legislature rejects this plan, it may then approve its own maps. Since the implementation of this process in 1980, the state legislature has never chosen not to approve an LSA proposal. Redistricting plans are also subject to gubernatorial veto. In addition, the legislature may repeal or revise the maps at any time, though it has never done so.[31]
State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:[31]
- Districts must be "convenient and contiguous."
- Districts must "preserve the integrity of political subdivisions like counties and cities."
- Districts must "to the extent consistent with other requirements, [be] reasonably compact–defined in terms of regular polygons, comparisons of length and width, and overall boundary perimeter."
In addition, state House districts are required to be contained within state Senate districts "where possible, and where not in conflict with the criteria above." It is explicit in state law that district lines cannot be drawn "to favor a political party, incumbent, or other person or group."[31]
Iowa District 3
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Iowa District 3
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Iowa State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 3rd the 209th most Republican district nationally.[32]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 49.3%-48.9%.[33]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 3rd the 208th most Republican district nationally.[34]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 48.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 49.3%.[35]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 3rd Congressional District the 226th most Republican nationally.[36]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.00. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.00 points toward that party.[37]
See also
- Redistricting in Iowa
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times "Iowa Caucus Results," June 7, 2016
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Des Moines teacher seeks to oust Congressman Latham in 3rd District GOP primary," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Elections chief Matt Schultz jumps into race for Congress," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "Matt Schultz," accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "Iowa Republican Drops Senate Bid, Will Run for Open House Seat," accessed January 2, 2014
- ↑ The Iowa Republican, "Grassley Chief of Staff David Young set to enter U.S. Senate race," May 23, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "State Sen. Brad Zaun: I’ll definitely enter 3rd Congressional District race soon," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Republican, "Robert Cramer Announces his Candidacy for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "GOP’s Robert Cramer jumps into Des Moines-area U.S. House race," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ KMA Land, "Shaw formally entering Congressional race this week," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ Quad City Times, "Iowa 3rd District GOP race will go to convention," accessed June 3, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Republican, "Shocker: David Young wins GOP Nomination on Fifth Ballot (VIDEO ADDED)," accessed June 23, 2014
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Democrat Staci Appel opts against challenging Tom Latham for Congress" accessed April 16, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call "Democratic Recruit Files to Challenge Latham #IA03" accessed July 9, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call, "DCCC uses inauguration to tout potential house recruits," January 22, 2013
- ↑ Omaha World Herald "Democrat to seek Iowa's 3rd District House seat" accessed February 28, 2012
- ↑ Daily Kos "Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: It begins: The first fundraising numbers of 2013 are here" accessed April 16, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call "Iowa: Democrat Sherzan Drops Bid to Challenge Latham" accessed July 9, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "One more woman in DM-area congressional race?" accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "GOP’s Brenna Findley rules out run for Congress this year," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "State Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa will not run for Congress," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Iowa"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics," October 28, 2021
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 All About Redistricting, "Iowa," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018