Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

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Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative John Yarmuth (DLouisville)
Distribution 98.28% urban, 1.72% rural
Population (2000) 674,032
Median income $39,468
Ethnicity 77.0% White, 19.3% Black, 1.4% Asian, 1.8% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI D+4[1]

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The most regularly drawn of the Commonwealth's six congressional districts, it encompasses almost all of Louisville Metro, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County. The far southeast reaches of Louisville Metro are part of the 4th Congressional District.

The district is currently represented by Democrat John Yarmuth.

Characteristics

This district is heavily Democratic, and is fully contained within Jefferson County, Kentucky. It has the highest percentage of African Americans in the state, who are concentrated in and near Louisville. It is a cosmopolitan, diverse district, with major businesses, health care organizations and universities.

As of September 2013, there were 518,028 registered voters: 305,121 (58.90%) Democrats, 166,271 (32.10%) Republicans, and 46,636 (9.00%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 35,209 (6.80%) unclassified Others, 10,528 (2.03%) Independents, 678 (0.13%) Libertarians, 177 (0.03%) Greens, 28 (0.0054%) Constitutionalists, 3 (0.0005%) Reforms, and 13 (0.0025%) Socialist Workers.[2][3]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[4] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.[5]

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District Residence Note
District created
March 4, 1803
No image.svg Matthew Walton March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807
John Rowan.jpg John Rowan March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
No image.svg Henry Crist March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
No image.svg Stephen Ormsby March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
75px Richard M. Johnson March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 Redistricted from the 4th district
No image.svg William Brown March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
John-Telemachus-Johnson.jpg John T. Johnson March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 Redistricted to the 5th district
Clay.png Henry Clay March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Speaker of the House 1823 – 1825
March 4, 1825 – March 6, 1825 Resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of State
JClark.jpg James Clark August 1, 1825 – March 3, 1829
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
No image.svg Chilton Allan March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Redistricted to the 10th district
No image.svg Christopher Tompkins March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 Redistricted from the 10th district
JRUnderwood.jpg Joseph R. Underwood March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Hon. Henry Grider, Ky - NARA - 526524.jpg Henry Grider March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
75px Samuel Peyton March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
No image.svg Finis McLean March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
No image.svg Presley Ewing March 4, 1851 – September 27, 1854 Died
No image.svg Francis Bristow December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855
Warner L. Underwood, Representative from Kentucky cropped.jpg Warner Underwood March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
No image.svg Francis Bristow March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Hon. Henry Grider, Ky - NARA - 526524.jpg Henry Grider March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865
March 4, 1865 – September 7, 1866 Died
75px Elijah Hise December 3, 1866 – May 8, 1867 Died
75px Jacob Golladay December 5, 1867 – February 28, 1870 Resigned
75px Joseph H. Lewis May 10, 1870 – March 3, 1873
75px Charles W. Milliken March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
75px John W. Caldwell March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
No image.svg John E. Halsell March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
75px W. Godfrey Hunter March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
75px Isaac Goodnight March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
75px W. Godfrey Hunter March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
No image.svg John S. Rhea March 4, 1897 – March 25, 1902 Lost contested election
75px J. McKenzie Moss March 25, 1902 – March 3, 1903 Won contested election
No image.svg John S. Rhea March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
75px James M. Richardson March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
No image.svg Addison James March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
75px Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1925 Died
No image.svg John W. Moore December 26, 1925 – March 3, 1929
No image.svg Charles W. Roark March 4, 1929 – April 5, 1929 Died
No image.svg John W. Moore June 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933
District redistricted to at-large district March 4, 1933
District re-established from at-large district January 3, 1935
75px Emmet O'Neal January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947
Thruston B Morton.jpg Thruston B. Morton January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953
No image.svg John M. Robsion, Jr. January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959
75px Frank W. Burke January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Gene Snyder.jpg Gene Snyder January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Charles R. Farnsley.jpg Charles R. Farnsley January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
75px William O. Cowger January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
Romano L. Mazzoli.jpg Romano L. Mazzoli January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1995
75px Mike Ward January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
75px Anne Northup January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007
Official Congressional Photo of John Yarmuth.jpg John Yarmuth January 3, 2007 – Present

Recent election results

2002

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anne Northup* 118,228 51.61
Democratic Jack Conway 110,846 48.39
Total votes 229,074 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

2004

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anne Northup* 197,736 60.26
Democratic Tony Miller 124,040 37.80
Libertarian George C. Dick 6,363 1.94
Total votes 328,139 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

2006

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth 122,471 50.62
Republican Anne Northup 116,555 48.18
Libertarian Donna Walker Mancini 2,134 0.88
Constitution W. Ed Parker 774 0.32
Total votes 241,934 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth* 203,843 59.37
Republican Anne Northup 139,527 40.64
Libertarian Ed Martin Republican sued; votes not counted 0.00
Total votes 343,370 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

2010

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth* 139,940 54.68
Republican Todd Lally 112,627 44.01
Libertarian Ed Martin 2,029 0.79
Independent Michael Hansen 1,334 0.52
Total votes 255,930 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

2012

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth* 206,385 63.96
Republican Brooks Wicker 111,452 34.54
Independent Robert L. DeVore, Jr. 4.819 1.49
Total votes 322,656 100.0
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

2014

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014) [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 157,056 63.5
Republican Michael MacFarlane 87,981 35.6
Independent Gregory Peter Puccetti 2,318 0.9
Total votes 247,355 100
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

See also

References

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