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Indiana's 3rd congressional district

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. This district includes all of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties, as well as northern Jay and northeast Kosciusko counties.

Indiana's 3rd congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area3,239.8 sq mi (8,391 km2)
Distribution
  • 65.14% urban
  • 34.86% rural
Population (2023)764,836
Median household
income		$65,351[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+16[2]

The district is currently represented by Republican Marlin Stutzman, who succeeded fellow Republican Jim Banks after the latter retired to run for Senate in 2024. Stutzman previously held in the same district from 2010 to 2017.

The district and its predecessors have typically been strongly Republican. 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, this is nowhere near enough to overcome the overwhelming Republican lean of the rest of the district.

Recent election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results[3][4]
2008 President McCain 55% - 43%
2012 President Romney 63% - 37%
2016 President Trump 64% - 30%
Senate Young 58% - 35%
Governor Holcomb 59% - 37%
Attorney General Hill 72% - 28%
2018 Senate Braun 59% - 37%
2020 President Trump 64% - 34%
Governor Holcomb 62% - 24%
Attorney General Rokita 66% - 34%
2022 Senate Young 67% - 30%
2024 President Trump 65% - 33%
Senate Banks 66% - 32%

Composition

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The 3rd district includes the entirety of the following counties with the exception of Kosciusko, which it shares with 2nd, and Randolph, which it shares with the 6th. Kosciusko County townships in the district include Turkey Creek, Tippecanoe, Washington, and a small section of Wayne, while Randolph County townships include Green, Franklin, Jackson, Monroe, Ward, and parts of Wayne and White River.[5]

# County Seat Population
1 Adams Decatur 36,068
3 Allen Fort Wayne 391,449
9 Blackford Hartford City 11,919
33 DeKalb Auburn 43,731
69 Huntington Huntington 36,834
75 Jay Portland 20,198
85 Kosciusko (shared with 2nd) Warsaw 80,826
87 LaGrange LaGrange 40,866
113 Noble Albion 47,367
135 Randolph (shared with 6th) Winchester 24,437
151 Steuben Angola 34,725
179 Wells Bluffton 28,335
183 Whitley Columbia City 34,627

Cities of 10,000 or more people

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2,500 – 10,000 people

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List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1823
John Test
(Brookville) 		Democratic-
Republican 		March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th 		Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Lost re-election. 		1823 – 1833
Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne
Anti-
Jacksonian 		March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
 
Oliver H. Smith
(Connersville) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829 		20th Elected in 1826.
Retired.
John Test
(Lawrenceburg) 		Anti-
Jacksonian 		March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831 		21st Elected again in 1828.
Lost re-election.
Johnathan McCarty
(Connersville) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1831.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
John Carr
(Charlestown) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 		23rd
24th 		Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
Retired. 		1833 – 1843
[data missing]
William Graham
(Vallonia) 		Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 		25th Elected in 1837.
Lost re-election.
John Carr
(Charlestown) 		Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841 		26th Elected again in 1839.
Lost re-election.
Joseph L. White
(Madison) 		Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 		27th Elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
Thomas Smith
(Versailles) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847 		28th
29th 		Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Retired. 		1843 – 1853
[data missing]
John L. Robinson
(Rushville) 		Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853 		30th
31st
32nd 		Elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Retired.
 
Cyrus L. Dunham
(Salem) 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1852.
Lost re-election. 		1853 – 1863
[data missing]
George G. Dunn
(Bedford) 		People's March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th Elected in 1854.
Retired.
 
James Hughes
(Bloomington) 		Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859 		35th Elected in 1856.
Lost re-election.
 
William M. Dunn
(Madison) 		Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863 		36th
37th 		Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.
 
Henry W. Harrington
(Madison) 		Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865 		38th Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election. 		1863 – 1873
[data missing]
 
Ralph Hill
(Columbus) 		Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867 		39th Elected in 1864.
Retired.
 
Morton C. Hunter
(Bloomington) 		Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869 		40th Elected in 1866.
Retired.
 
William S. Holman
(Aurora) 		Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875 		41st
42nd
43rd 		Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
1873 – 1883
[data missing]
 
Michael C. Kerr
(New Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
August 19, 1876 		44th Elected in 1874.
Died.
Vacant August 19, 1876 –
December 5, 1876
 
Nathan T. Carr
(Columbus) 		Democratic December 5, 1876 –
March 3, 1877 		Elected to finish Kerr's term.
Was not candidate for full term.
 
George A. Bicknell
(New Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881 		45th
46th 		Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.
 
Strother M. Stockslager
(Corydon) 		Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1885 		47th
48th 		Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Lost renomination.
1883 – 1893
[data missing]
Jonas G. Howard
(Jeffersonville) 		Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889 		49th
50th 		Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost renomination.
 
Jason B. Brown
(Seymour) 		Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895 		51st
52nd
53rd 		Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost renomination.
1893 – 1903
[data missing]
 
Robert J. Tracewell
(Corydon) 		Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897 		54th Elected in 1894.
Lost re-election.
 
William T. Zenor
(Corydon) 		Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1907 		55th
56th
57th
58th
59th 		Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired.
1903 – 1913
[data missing]
 
William E. Cox
(Jasper) 		Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1919 		60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th 		Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
1913 – 1923
[data missing]
 
James W. Dunbar
(New Albany) 		Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1923 		66th
67th 		Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Retired.
Frank Gardner
(Scottsburg) 		Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1929 		68th
69th
70th 		Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election. 		1923 – 1933
[data missing]
 
James W. Dunbar
(New Albany) 		Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1931 		71st Elected again in 1928.
Lost re-election.
 
Eugene B. Crowe
(Bedford) 		Democratic March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933 		72nd Elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
 
Samuel B. Pettengill
(South Bend) 		Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939 		73rd
74th
75th 		Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Retired. 		1933 – 1943
[data missing]
 
Robert A. Grant
(South Bend) 		Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1949 		76th
77th
78th
79th
80th 		Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
1943 – 1953
[data missing]
 
Thurman C. Crook
(South Bend) 		Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951 		81st Elected in 1948.
Lost re-election.
 
Shepard Crumpacker
(South Bend) 		Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1957 		82nd
83rd
84th 		Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Retired.
1953 – 1963
[data missing]
 
F. Jay Nimtz
(South Bend) 		Republican January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959 		85th Elected in 1956.
Lost re-election.
 
John Brademas
(South Bend) 		Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1981 		86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th 		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.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost re-election.
1963 – 1973
[data missing]
1973 – 1983
[data missing]
 
John P. Hiler
(La Porte) 		Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1991 		97th
98th
99th
100th
101st 		Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Lost re-election.
1983 – 1993
[data missing]
 
Tim Roemer
(South Bend) 		Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 2003 		102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired.
1993 – 2003
[data missing]
 
Mark Souder
(Fort Wayne) 		Republican January 3, 2003 –
May 21, 2010 		108th
109th
110th
111th 		Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Resigned. 		2003 – 2013
[data missing]
Vacant May 21, 2010 –
November 16, 2010 		111th
 
Marlin Stutzman
(Howe) 		Republican November 16, 2010 –
January 3, 2017 		111th
112th
113th
114th 		Elected to finish Souder's term.
Elected to full term in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
2013 – 2023
 
 
Jim Banks
(Columbia City) 		Republican January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2025 		115th
116th
117th
118th 		Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
2023 – present
 
 
Marlin Stutzman
(Howe) 		Republican January 3, 2025 –
present 		119th Elected again in 2024.

History

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2010 map

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# 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, and 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, and 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 people

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(2010 census)

2,500 – 10,000 people

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(2010 census)

Election results

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2002

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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

2004

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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

2006

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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

2008

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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

2010

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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

2012

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Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marlin Stutzman* 187,872 67.04
Democratic Kevin Boyd 92,363 32.96
Total votes 280,235 100.00
Turnout   60
Republican hold

2014

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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

2016

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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

2018

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Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Banks* 158,927 64.7
Democratic Courtney Tritch 86,610 35.3
Total votes 245,537 100.0
Republican hold

2020

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Indiana's 3rd congressional district, 2020[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Banks* 220,989 67.8
Democratic Chip Coldiron 104,762 32.2
Total votes 325,751 100.0
Republican hold

2022

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Indiana's 3rd congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Banks* 131,252 65.3
Democratic Gary Snyder 60,312 30.0
Independent Nathan Gotsch 9,354 4.7
Total votes 200,918 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003 – 2013
 
2013 – 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::c08c9df0-9756-4c5a-a7e7-01ff03bbb170
  4. ^ Indiana Senate Results by CD. docs.google.com (Report).
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20241231151353/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST18/CD118_IN03.pdf
  6. ^ "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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