Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a

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in the U.S. state of

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

that covers its southwestern quadrant, which roughly consists of an area stretching from Des Moines to the borders with

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and

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. From 2013 to 2022, the district covered the southwestern corner of the state, from the

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on the northeastern end to the greater Council Bluffs area on the southwestern end. The district has been represented in the

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by Democrat

Cindy Axne Cynthia Lynne Axne (née Wadle; born April 20, 1965) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Dav ...

since 2019. At the time, it was one of seven districts that voted for

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in the

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while being won by a Democrat.

Statewide races since 2000

Election results from statewide races:

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

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David R. Nagle David Ray "Dave" Nagle (born April 15, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer from Iowa. He was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. He is a member o ...

, 83,504 , rowspan=2 } , Republican , John McIntee , 69,386 , 55% – 45% , - , 1988 , 129,204 , Donald B. Redfern , 74,682 , 63% – 37% , - ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

, 100,947 , colspan=2 , ''unopposed'' , 833 , 99% – 1% , - , 1992 , rowspan=2 } , Republican , rowspan=2 , Jim Ross Lightfoot , 125,931 , rowspan=2 } , Democratic , rowspan=2 ,

Elaine Baxter Elaine Bland Baxter (January 16, 1933 – March 26, 2021) was an American politician and educator who served as the 27th Iowa Secretary of State. Personal life She was the daughter of Clarence Arthur Bland and Margaret Clark Bland. She married H ...

, 121,063 , 49% – 47% , - ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

, 111,862 , 79,310 , 58% – 41% , - , 1996 , rowspan=8 } , Democratic , rowspan=8 ,

Leonard Boswell Leonard Leroy Boswell (January 10, 1934 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2013, a district based in Des Moines. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelectio ...

, 115,914 , rowspan=8 } , Republican ,

Mike Mahaffey Michael Darren Mahaffey (January 21, 1967 – May 25, 2005) was a founding member of the power pop band Self. Founded with his brother, Matt Mahaffey, in the early 1990s, Self-released two major-label albums and various independent and Internet-onl ...

, 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 , rowspan=2 , Stan Thompson , 97,285 , 53% – 45% , - , 2004 , 168,007 , 136,099 , 55% – 45% , - , 2006 , 114,689 ,

Jeff Lamberti Jeffrey M. Lamberti (born October 21, 1962, in Ankeny, Iowa) is a former Republican Senate leader and two term state senator representing the 35th District of the Iowa Senate, and served two terms as State Representative. In the 2006 mid-term ele ...

, 103,182 , 52% – 47% , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, 175,423 , Kim Schmett , 131,524 , 56% – 42% , - , 2010 , 122,147 ,

Brad Zaun Bradley Zaun ( R- Urbandale) is an Iowa State Senator formerly from the 32nd District and currently the 20th District. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election. Iowa Senate Zaun has s ...

, 111,925 , 50% – 46% , - , 2012 , rowspan=3 } , Republican , Tom Latham , 202,000 , rowspan=3 } , Democratic ,

, 168,632 , 51% – 42% , - ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

, rowspan=2 , David Young , 148,814 , Staci Appel , 119,109 , 52% – 42% , - , 2016 , 208,598 , Jim Mowrer , 155,002 , 53% – 40% , - ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, rowspan=2 } , Democratic , rowspan=2 ,

, 169,888 , rowspan=2 } , Republican , rowspan=2 , David Young , 164,667 , 49% – 47% , - , 2020 , 219,205 , 212,997 , 49% – 48% , - , 2022 , } , Republican ,

Zach Nunn Zachary Martin Nunn (born May 4, 1979) is an American politician and former member of the Iowa Air National Guard who has served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party (Unite ...

, 156,237 , , Democratic ,

, 154,084 , 50% – 49%

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Historical district boundaries

United States House of Representatives, Iowa District 3 map

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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