Minnesota's 3rd congressional district

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Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
	Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Dean Phillips; D–Deephaven
Area	468 sq mi (1,210 km2)
Distribution	95.57% urban; 4.43% rural;
Population (2018 est.)	723,994
Median income	$90,442
Ethnicity	76% white; 9% black; 8% Asian; 4% Hispanic; 3% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+1

Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin, Carver, and Anoka counties to the west, south, and north of Minneapolis. The district includes blue collar Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids to the north-east, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and higher-income Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, and Wayzata to the west. Democrat Dean Phillips currently represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, after defeating incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen in the November 2018 midterm elections.

Statewide election voting[edit]

Year	Office	Results	Party
2000	President	Bush 50 - 46%	Republican
2004	President	Bush 51 - 48%	Republican
2008	President	Obama 52 - 46%	Democratic
2012	President	Obama 49.6 - 48.8%	Democratic
2016	President	Clinton 50.8 - 41.4%	Democratic
2018	Senate	Klobuchar 62.3 - 34.7%	Democratic

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1873
John Thomas Averill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Retired.
William Smith King	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Retired.
Jacob Henry Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Retired.
William Drew Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Redistricted to the 4th district
Horace Burton Strait	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Lost re-election.
John Lewis MacDonald	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Lost re-election.
Darwin Scott Hall	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Lost re-election.
Osee Matson Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Lost re-election.
Joel Prescott Heatwole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Retired.
Charles Russell Davis	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Lost renomination.
August Herman Andresen	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	Lost re-election.
None		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	District inactive, all representatives elected at-large
Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Henry George Teigan	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Lost re-election.
John Grant Alexander	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Lost renomination.
Richard Pillsbury Gale	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Lost re-election.
William James Gallagher	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946	79th	Died.
Vacant		August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947	79th
George Edward MacKinnon	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Lost re-election.
Roy William Wier	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Lost re-election.
Clark MacGregor	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Bill Frenzel	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Retired.
Jim Ramstad	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Retired.
Erik Paulsen	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Lost re-election.
Dean Phillips	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Elected in 2018.