Indiana's 3rd congressional district

Indiana's 3rd congressional district
	Indiana's 3rd congressional district—since January 3, 2013.
	Jim Banks; R–Columbia City
Area	3,239.8 sq mi (8,391 km2)
Distribution	65.14% urban; 34.86% rural;
Population (2000)	675,457
Median income	$53,197
Ethnicity	89.4% White; 5.6% Black; 1% Asian; 4.5% Hispanic; 0.3% Native American; 2.4% other;
Cook PVI	R+18

Indiana's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Fort Wayne, the district takes in the northeastern part of the state.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Banks who succeeded fellow Republican Marlin Stutzman. Stutzman succeeded Mark Souder in a special election in 2010. Souder resigned after admitting his involvement in an affair with a married female member of his congressional staff.

Congressman Marlin Stutzman announced he would not run for reelection and instead campaign for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Senator Dan Coats. On May 12, 2015 Indiana State Senator Jim Banks announced his intention to run for Indiana's Third Congressional District.^[3] Another Indiana State Senator, Liz Brown,^[4] also announced she would seek the Republican nomination.^[5]

Historically, the district has had a strong Republican lean. It occasionally elected Democrats in the past, but the Democrats have not come close to winning it since 1994. Pockets of Democratic influence exist in Fort Wayne itself, which frequently elects Democratic mayors and occasionally sends Democrats to the state legislature. However, it is nowhere near enough to overcome the overwhelming Republican trend in the rest of the district.

Election results from presidential racesEdit

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 66% - Al Gore 33%
2004	President	George W. Bush 68% - John Kerry 31%
2008	President	John McCain 56% - Barack Obama 43%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 62.5% - Barack Obama 35.7%
2016	President	Donald Trump 65% - Hillary Clinton 30%

List of members representing the districtEdit

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		March 4, 1823
John Test	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. [Data unknown/missing.]	1823 – 1833 Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne Counties
John Test	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	18th 19th
Oliver H. Smith	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Test	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Johnathan McCarty	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 5th district.
John Carr	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [Data unknown/missing.]	1833 – 1843 [Data unknown/missing.]
William Graham	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Carr	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph L. White	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[Data unknown/missing.]	1853 – 1863 [Data unknown/missing.]
John L. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	[Data unknown/missing.]	1853 – 1863 [Data unknown/missing.]
Cyrus L. Dunham	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
George G. Dunn	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[Data unknown/missing.]
James Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William M. Dunn	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Henry W. Harrington	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph Hill	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Morton C. Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 4th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.	[Data unknown/missing.]
Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – August 19, 1876	44th	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		August 19, 1876 – December 5, 1876
Nathan T. Carr	Democratic	December 5, 1876 – March 3, 1877	44th	[Data unknown/missing.]
George A. Bicknell	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Strother M. Stockslager	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jonas G. Howard	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jason B. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[Data unknown/missing.]
Robert J. Tracewell	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William T. Zenor	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William E. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[Data unknown/missing.]
James W. Dunbar	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Frank Gardner	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[Data unknown/missing.]	[Data unknown/missing.]
James W. Dunbar	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Eugene B. Crowe	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Samuel B. Pettengill	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 13th district. [Data unknown/missing.]
Robert A. Grant	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thurman C. Crook	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957	82nd 83rd 84th	[Data unknown/missing.]
F. Jay Nimtz	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Brademas	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John P. Hiler	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Tim Roemer	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Mark Souder	Republican	January 3, 2003 – May 21, 2010	108th 109th 110th 111th	Redistricted from the 4th district. Resigned.
Vacant		May 21, 2010 – November 16, 2010	Vacant
Marlin Stutzman	Republican	November 16, 2010 – January 3, 2017	111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected to finish Souder's term and to the next term. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Jim Banks	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018

Current counties in the districtEdit

As of 2013.

#	County	Seat	Population
1	Adams	Decatur	35,491
2	Allen	Fort Wayne	377,872
5	Blackford	Hartford City	12,766
17	DeKalb	Auburn	40,285
35	Huntington	Huntington	37,124
38	Jay	Portland	21,253
43	Kosciusko	Warsaw	77,358
44	LaGrange	LaGrange	37,128
57	Noble	Albion	47,536
76	Steuben	Angola	34,185
90	Wells	Bluffton	27,636
92	Whitley	Columbia City	33,292

5 Blackford County exists in both the 3rd and 5th Congressional districts. One city, Montpelier, exists in the 3rd congressional district, and one city, Hartford City, exists in the 5th congressional district. One township, Harrison, exists in the 3rd congressional district, and three townships, Washington, Licking, Jackson, exist in the 5th congressional district.
64 Kosciusko County exists in both the 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts. Half of one city, Warsaw exists in the 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts, twelve townships, Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Turkey Creek, Van Buren exist in the 2nd Congressional District, and three townships, Jackson, Washington, Wayne exist in the 3rd Congressional District. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N.

Cities of 10,000 or more peopleEdit

(2010 Census)

Fort Wayne - 253,691
New Haven - 15,709
Huntington - 17,391
South Bend - 101,168
the City of Peru - 11,417
Wabash - 10,666
Warsaw - 13,559
Auburn - 13,086

2,500 - 10,000 peopleEdit

(2010 Census)

Berne - 3,999
Decatur - 9,405
Huntertown - 4,810
Leo-Cedarville - 3,603
Hartford City - 6,220
Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana - 2,684
Garett, DeKalb County, Indiana - 6,286
Grant Township - 3,245
Jackson Township - 3,064
Portland - 6,161
LaGrange - 2,625
Kendallville - 9,862
Ligonier - 4,405
Angola - 8,612
Bluffton - 9,897
Ossian - 3,289
Columbia City - 8,750

Election resultsEdit

2002Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Souder	92,566	63.14
	Democratic	Jay Rigdon	50,509	34.45
	Libertarian	Michael Donlan	3,531	2.41
Total votes			146,606	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2004Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Souder*	171,389	69.21
	Democratic	Maria M. Parra	76,232	30.79
Total votes			247,621	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Souder*	95,421	54.29
	Democratic	Thomas Hayhurst	80,357	45.71
Total votes			175,778	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Souder*	155,693	55.04
	Democratic	Mike Montagano	112,309	39.66
	Libertarian	Bill Larsen	14,877	5.30
Total votes			282,879	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Special Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman	115,415	62.65
	Democratic	Thomas Hayhurst	60,880	33.05
	Libertarian	Scott W. Wise	7,914	4.30
Total votes			184,209	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District General Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman*	116,140	62.76
	Democratic	Thomas Hayhurst	61,267	33.11
	Libertarian	Scott W. Wise	7,631	4.12
	No party	Others	11	0.01%
Total votes			185,049	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman*	187,872	61.09
	Democratic	Kevin Boyd	92,363	32.96
Total votes			280,235	100.00
Turnout				60
	Republican hold

2014Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman*	102,889	69.15
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	39,771	26.73
	Libertarian	Scott Wise	6,133	4.12
Total votes			148,793	100.00
Turnout				31
	Republican hold

2016Edit

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Banks	201,396	70.11
	Democratic	Tommy Schrader	66,023	22.98
	Libertarian	Pepper Snyder	19,828	6.90
Total votes			287,247	100.00
Turnout				58
	Republican hold

Living former MembersEdit

As of January 2017^[update], there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was John Brademas (served 1959-1981) on July 11, 2016.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
John P. Hiler	1981–1991	(1953-04-24) April 24, 1953 (age 66)
Timothy J. Roemer	1991–2003	(1956-10-30) October 30, 1956 (age 62)
Mark Souder	2003–2010	(1950-07-18) July 18, 1950 (age 68)
Marlin Stutzman	2010–2017	(1976-08-31) August 31, 1976 (age 42)

Historical district boundariesEdit

2003 - 2013

ReferencesEdit

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=03
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Banks-announces-candidacy-for-Congress
^ Liz Brown
^ http://lizbrown.us/

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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Maine's 3rd congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 6, 1875 – August 19, 1876	Succeeded by Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

External linksEdit

Rep. Jim Banks's official House of Representatives website

Coordinates: 41°N 85°W / 41°N 85°W / 41; -85

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=03

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] ttp://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Banks-announces-candidacy-for-Congress

[4] Liz Brown

[5] ttp://lizbrown.us/

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