Statewide races since 2000
Election results from statewide races:
List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1863
William B. Allison
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 to run for U.S. Senator .
William G. Donnan
Republican
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
42nd 43rd
Elected in 1870 .Re-elected in 1872 . Retired.
Lucien L. Ainsworth
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874 . Retired.
Theodore W. Burdick
Republican
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
45th
Elected in 1876 . Retired.
Thomas Updegraff
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
46th 47th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 . Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election there.
David B. Henderson
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1903
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 . Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
Benjamin P. Birdsall
Republican
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909
58th 59th 60th
Elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 . Retired.
Charles E. Pickett
Republican
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913
61st 62nd
Elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Lost re-election.
Maurice Connolly
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Elected in 1912 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Burton E. Sweet
Republican
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923
64th 65th 66th 67th
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Thomas J. B. Robinson
Republican
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
Albert C. Willford
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
73rd
Elected in 1932 . Lost re-election.
John W. Gwynne
Republican
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th
Elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 . Lost renomination.
Harold R. Gross
Republican
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1975
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd
Elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-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 . Retired.
Chuck Grassley
Republican
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
94th 95th 96th
Elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
T. Cooper Evans
Republican
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987
97th 98th 99th
Elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 . Retired.
David R. Nagle
Democratic
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993
100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
Jim R. Lightfoot
Republican
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997
103rd 104th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Leonard Boswell
Democratic
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
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 . Lost re-election.
Tom Latham
Republican
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
113th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2012 . Retired.
David Young
Republican
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
114th 115th
Elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 . Lost re-election.
Cindy Axne
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
116th 117th 118th
Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Lost re-election.
Zach Nunn
Republican
January 3, 2023 -
118th
Elected in 2022.
Recent election results
Year[ 3]
Winner
Second
Prozentualer Anteil
Party affiliation
Candidate
Votes
Party affiliation
Candidate
Votes
1920
Republican
Burton E. Sweet
67,859
Farmer–Labor
Roy Jacobs
1,974
97% – 3%
1922
Thomas J. B. Robinson
34,518
Democratic
Fred P. Hageman
24,304
58% – 41%
1924
54,921
Willis N. Birdsall
25,215
69% – 31%
1926
32,180
Ellis E. Wilson
13,696
70% – 30%
1928
60,025
Leo. F. Tierney
38,469
61% – 39%
1930
27,098
W. L. Beecher
15,908
63% – 37%
1932
Democratic
Albert C. Willford
48,939
Republican
Thomas J. B. Robinson
47,776
51% – 49%
1934
Republican
John W. Gwynne
42,063
Democratic
Albert C. Willford
35,159
51% – 43%
1936
53,928
47,391
52% – 46%
1938
45,541
W. F. Hayes
30,158
60% – 40%
1940
65,425
Ernest J. Seemann
43,709
60% – 40%
1942
54,124
William D. Kearney
35,065
61% – 39%
1944
74,901
56,985
58% – 42%
1946
48,346
Dan J. P. Ryan
29,661
62% – 38%
1948
H. R. Gross
78,838
56,002
58% – 41%
1950
73,490
James O. Babcock
40,786
64% – 36%
1952
109,992
George R. Laub
56,871
66% – 34%
1954
68,307
41,622
62% – 38%
1956
97,590
Michael Micich
69,076
59% – 41%
1958
61,920
53,467
54% – 46%
1960
99,046
Edward J. Gallagher, Jr.
76,837
56% – 44%
1962
66,337
Neel F. Hill
50,580
57% – 43%
1964
83,455
Stephen M. Peterson
83,036
50.1% – 49.9%
1966
79,343
L. A. Pat Touchae
48,530
62% – 38%
1968
101,839
John E. Van Eschen
57,164
64% – 36%
1970
66,087
Lyle D. Taylor
45,958
59% – 41%
1972
109,113
86,848
56% – 44%
1974
Chuck Grassley
77,468
Stephen Rapp
74,859
51% – 49%
1976
117,957
90,981
56% – 44%
1978
103,659
John Knudson
34,880
75% – 25%
1980
T. Cooper Evans
107,869
Lynn G. Cutler
101,735
51% – 48%
1982
104,072
83,581
55% – 45%
1984
133,737
Joe Johnston
86,574
61% – 39%
1986
Democratic
David R. Nagle
83,504
Republican
John McIntee
69,386
55% – 45%
1988
129,204
Donald B. Redfern
74,682
63% – 37%
1990
100,947
unopposed
833
99% – 1%
1992
Republican
Jim Ross Lightfoot
125,931
Democratic
Elaine Baxter
121,063
49% – 47%
1994
111,862
79,310
58% – 41%
1996
Democratic
Leonard Boswell
115,914
Republican
Mike Mahaffey
111,895
49% – 48%
1998
107,947
Larry McKibben
78,063
57% – 41%
2000
156,327
Jay Marcus
83,810
63% – 34%
2002
115,367
Stan Thompson
97,285
53% – 45%
2004
168,007
136,099
55% – 45%
2006
114,689
Jeff Lamberti
103,182
52% – 47%
2008
175,423
Kim Schmett
131,524
56% – 42%
2010
122,147
Brad Zaun
111,925
50% – 46%
2012
Republican
Tom Latham
202,000
Democratic
Leonard Boswell
168,632
51% – 42%
2014
David Young
148,814
Staci Appel
119,109
52% – 42%
2016
208,598
Jim Mowrer
155,002
53% – 40%
2018
Democratic
Cindy Axne
169,888
Republican
David Young
164,667
49% – 47%
2020
219,205
212,997
49% – 48%
2022
Republican
Zach Nunn
156,237
Democratic
Cindy Axne
154,084
50% – 49%
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Map showing the results of the 2016 election in Iowa's 3rd congressional district by county
2018
Results of the 2018 Iowa's 3rd congressional district election
2020
Results of the 2020 Iowa's 3rd congressional district election
2022
Historical district boundaries
2003–2013
See also
References