Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It encompasses almost all of Louisville Metro, which, since the merger of 2003, is consolidated with Jefferson County, though other incorporated cities exist within the county, such as Shively and St. Matthews. The far southeast reaches of Louisville Metro are part of the 4th Congressional District. The district is currently represented by Democrat John Yarmuth.

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  John Yarmuth
DLouisville
Distribution
  • 99.33% urban[1]
  • 0.67% rural
Population (2019)742,543[2]
Median household
income
$57,546[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[4]

Characteristics

This district's character is very different from the rest of Kentucky. It is entirely contained within Jefferson County, and in contrast to the rest of the state, it is urban and leans Democratic. 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.[5][6]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[7] 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.[8]

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 50 - 48%
2004 President Kerry 51 - 49%
2008 President Obama 56 - 43%
2012 President Obama 56 - 43%
2016 President Clinton 55 - 40%
2020 President Biden 60 - 38%

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1803
Matthew Walton Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807
8th
9th
Elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Retired.
1803–1813
Breckinridge, Bullitt, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, and Washington counties

John Rowan
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
10th Elected in 1806.
Retired.
Henry Crist Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811
11th Elected in 1808.
Retired.
Stephen Ormsby Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
12th Elected in 1810.
Redistricted to the 8th district and lost re-election.

Richard M. Johnson
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1819
13th
14th
15th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Retired.
1813–1823
Boone, Campbell, Franklin, Gallatin, Harrison, Pendleton, and Scott counties
William Brown Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
16th Elected in 1818.
Retired.

John T. Johnson
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Henry Clay
Democratic-Republican March 3, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.
1823–1833
Clark, Fayette, and Woodford counties
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 6, 1825
Vacant March 6, 1825 –
August 1, 1825
19th

James Clark
Anti-Jacksonian August 1, 1825 –
March 3, 1831
19th
20th
21st
Elected to finish Clay's term and seated December 5, 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
Renominated but declined.
Chilton Allan Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1831.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
Christopher Tompkins Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1833.
Retired to run for state representative.
1833–1843
[data unknown/missing]

Joseph R. Underwood
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
26th
27th
Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Retired.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843

Henry Grider
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Retired.
1843–1853
[data unknown/missing]

Samuel Peyton
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1847.
Lost re-election.
Finis McLean Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1849.
Retired.
Presley Ewing Whig March 4, 1851 –
September 27, 1854
32nd
33rd
Elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Died.
1853–1863
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant September 27, 1854 –
December 4, 1854
33rd
Francis Bristow Whig December 4, 1854 –
March 3, 1855
Elected to finish Ewing's term
Lost re-election.

Warner Underwood
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859
34th
35th
Elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Retired.
Francis Bristow Opposition March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
36th Elected in 1859.
Retired.

Henry Grider
Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865
37th
38th
39th
Elected in 1861.
Re-elected in 1863.
Re-elected in 1865.
Died.
1863–1873
[data unknown/missing]
Democratic March 4, 1865 –
September 7, 1866
Vacant September 7, 1866 –
December 3, 1866
39th

Elijah Hise
Democratic December 3, 1866 –
May 8, 1867
Elected to finish Grider's term.
Also elected to the next full term.
Died.
Vacant May 8, 1867 –
December 5, 1867
40th

Jacob Golladay
Democratic December 5, 1867 –
February 28, 1870
40th
41st
Elected to finish Hise's term.
Re-elected in 1868.
Resigned.
Vacant February 28, 1870 –
May 10, 1870
41st

Joseph H. Lewis
Democratic May 10, 1870 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected to finish Golladay's term
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.

Charles W. Milliken
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
43rd
44th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired.
1873–1883
[data unknown/missing]

John W. Caldwell
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Retired.

John E. Halsell
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost renomination.
1883–1893
[data unknown/missing]

W. Godfrey Hunter
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.

Isaac Goodnight
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895
51st
52nd
53rd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Retired.
1893–1903
[data unknown/missing]

W. Godfrey Hunter
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th Elected in 1894.
Lost re-election.
John S. Rhea Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 25, 1902
55th
56th
57th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Lost contested election.

J. McKenzie Moss
Republican March 25, 1902 –
March 3, 1903
57th Won contested election.
Lost re-election.
John S. Rhea Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th Elected in 1902.
Retired.
1903–1913
[data unknown/missing]

James M. Richardson
Democratic March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1907
59th Elected in 1904.
Lost re-election.

Addison James
Republican March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909
60th Elected in 1906.
Lost re-election.

Robert Y. Thomas Jr.
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
September 3, 1925
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Died.
1913–1933
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant September 3, 1925 –
December 26, 1925
69th
John W. Moore Democratic December 26, 1925 –
March 3, 1929
69th
70th
Elected to finish Thomas's term.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.

Charles W. Roark
Republican March 4, 1929 –
April 5, 1929
71st Elected in 1928.
Died.
Vacant April 5, 1929 –
June 1, 1929
John W. Moore Democratic June 1, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected to finish Roark's term.
Re-elected in 1930.
Retired.
Districts not used, see Kentucky's at-large congressional district.
District re-established.
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd

Emmet O'Neal
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1947
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
1935–1943
[data unknown/missing]
1943–1953
[data unknown/missing]

Thruston B. Morton
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1953
80th
81st
82nd
Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Retired.

John M. Robsion Jr.
Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1959
83rd
84th
85th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Lost re-election.
1953–1963
[data unknown/missing]

Frank W. Burke
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963
86th
87th
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Lost re-election.

Gene Snyder
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th Elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.
1963–1973
[data unknown/missing]

Charles R. Farnsley
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
89th Elected in 1964.
Retired.

William O. Cowger
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1971
90th
91st
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Lost re-election.

Romano Mazzoli
Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1995
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired.
1973–1983
[data unknown/missing]
1983–1993
[data unknown/missing]
1993–2003
[data unknown/missing]

Mike Ward
Democratic January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
104th Elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.

Anne Northup
Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2007
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Lost re-election.
2003–2013

John Yarmuth
Democratic January 3, 2007 –
present
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
2013–present

Recent election results

2002

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

2004

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anne Northup (Incumbent) 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
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth 122,471 50.62
Republican Anne Northup (Incumbent) 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
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 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
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 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
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2012

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 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
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2014

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014) [9]
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

2016

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 212,401 63.5
Republican Harold Bratcher 122,093 36.5
Total votes 334,494 100.00
Democratic hold

2018

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 173,002 62.1
Republican Vickie Yates Glisson 101,930 36.6
Libertarian Gregory Boles 3,788 1.4
Total votes 278,720 100.00
Democratic hold

2020

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2020)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yarmuth (Incumbent) 230,672 62.7
Republican Rhonda Palazzo 137,425 37.3
Total votes 368,097 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

References

Specific
  1. Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  6. "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  7. "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  8. "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  9. "General Elections Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
General

See also

  • United States House of Representatives elections, 2006

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