Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
	Kentucky's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	John Yarmuth; D–Louisville
Distribution	99.33% urban[1]; 0.67% rural;
Population (2019)	742,543[2]
Median household; income	$57,546[3]
Ethnicity	71.65% White; 22.06% Black; 5.13% Hispanic; 2.71% Asian; 0.2% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+6[4]

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.

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
Henry Clay	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 6, 1825	18th 19th
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.
Joseph R. Underwood	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	24th 25th 26th 27th
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.
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	33rd	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.
	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865			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	39th	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.	1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
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.
Isaac Goodnight	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd		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.
Robert Y. Thomas Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1925	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th		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	71st
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]
Emmet O'Neal	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th		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.	1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
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.	1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
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.
Anne Northup	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th		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.	2003–2013
John Yarmuth	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th		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

References

Specific

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.
Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
"General Elections Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

General

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