Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a

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in the U.S. state of

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that covers its southwestern quadrant, which roughly consists of an area stretching from Des Moines to the borders with

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. From 2013 to 2023, the district covered the southwestern corner of the state, from the

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on the northeastern end to the greater

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area on the southwestern end. The district has been represented in the

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by Republican

Zach Nunn Zachary Martin Nunn (born May 4, 1979) is an American politician and United States Air Force officer who has served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was a member of ...

since 2023. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+2, it is the least Republican leaning district of Iowa’s four congressional districts, a state currently represented in Congress only by Republicans. It is also the wealthiest congressional district in the state of

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

The 3rd districts includes the entirety of the following counties:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST19/CD118_IA03.pdf

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

, Democratic , rowspan=3 , David R. Nagle , 83,504 , rowspan=2 } , Republican , John McIntee , 69,386 , 55–45% , - , 1988 , 129,204 , Donald B. Redfern , 74,682 , 63–37% , - , 1990 , 100,947 , colspan=2 , ''unopposed'' , 833 , 99–1% , - ,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, rowspan=2 } , Republican , rowspan=2 , Jim Ross Lightfoot , 125,931 , rowspan=2 } , Democratic , rowspan=2 , Elaine Baxter , 121,063 , 49–47% , - ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, 111,862 , 79,310 , 58–41% , - ,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, rowspan=8 } , Democratic , rowspan=8 , Leonard Boswell , 115,914 , rowspan=8 } , Republican , Mike Mahaffey , 111,895 , 49–48% , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, 107,947 , Larry McKibben , 78,063 , 57–41% , - ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, 156,327 , Jay Marcus , 83,810 , 63–34% , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, 115,367 , rowspan=2 , Stan Thompson , 97,285 , 53–45% , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, 168,007 , 136,099 , 55–45% , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, 114,689 , Jeff Lamberti , 103,182 , 52–47% , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, 175,423 , Kim Schmett , 131,524 , 56–42% , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 122,147 , Brad Zaun , 111,925 , 50–46% , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, rowspan=3 } , Republican , Tom Latham , 202,000 , rowspan=3 } , Democratic , Leonard Boswell , 168,632 , 51–42% , - ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, rowspan=2 , David Young , 148,814 , Staci Appel , 119,109 , 52–42% , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, 208,598 , Jim Mowrer , 155,002 , 53–40% , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, rowspan=2 } , Democratic , rowspan=2 , Cindy Axne , 169,888 , rowspan=2 } , Republican , rowspan=2 , David Young , 164,667 , 49–47% , - ,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, 219,205 , 212,997 , 49–48% , - ,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, rowspan=2 } , Republican , rowspan=2 ,

, 156,237 , rowspan=2 } , Democratic , Cindy Axne , 154,084 , 50–49% , - ,

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

, 213,747 , Lanon Baccam , 197,965 , 51.8-47.9

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