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Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District
Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Kelly Morrison (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Minnesota representatives represented an average of 713,719 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 664,360 residents.
Elections
See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Incumbent Kelly Morrison (D) and Jeremy Westby (R) are running in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Kelly Morrison (D) | |
| Jeremy Westby (R) | ||
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See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Kelly Morrison (D) defeated Tad Jude (R) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelly Morrison (D) | 58.4 | 240,209 |
 | Tad Jude (R) | 41.5 | 170,427 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 504 | ||
| Total votes: 411,140 | |||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for August 13, 2024, was canceled. Kelly Morrison (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dean Phillips (D)
- Ron Harris (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 13, 2024, was canceled. Tad Jude (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Blaize Harty (R)
- Brad Kohler (R)
- James Page (R)
- Quentin Wittrock (R)
See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Incumbent Dean Phillips (D) defeated Tom Weiler (R) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dean Phillips (D) | 59.6 | 198,883 |
 | Tom Weiler (R) | 40.4 | 134,797 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 241 | ||
| Total votes: 333,921 | |||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for August 9, 2022, was canceled. Incumbent Dean Phillips (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 9, 2022, was canceled. Tom Weiler (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Blaxill (R)
See also: Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Incumbent Dean Phillips (D) defeated Kendall Qualls (R) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Phillips (D) | 55.6 | 246,666 |
 | Kendall Qualls (R) | 44.3 | 196,625 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 312 | ||
| Total votes: 443,603 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Heyer (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Incumbent Dean Phillips (D) defeated Cole Young (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Phillips | 90.7 | 73,011 |
 | Cole Young | 9.3 | 7,443 | |
| Total votes: 80,454 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Kendall Qualls (R) defeated Leslie Davis (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kendall Qualls | 75.9 | 25,405 |
 | Leslie Davis | 24.1 | 8,060 | |
| Total votes: 33,465 | |||
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Dean Phillips (D) defeated incumbent Erik Paulsen (R) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Phillips (D) | 55.6 | 202,404 |
 | Erik Paulsen (R) | 44.2 | 160,839 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 706 | ||
| Total votes: 363,949 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Dean Phillips (D) defeated Cole Young (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Phillips | 81.6 | 56,677 |
| | Cole Young | 18.4 | 12,784 | |
| Total votes: 69,461 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alicia Donahue (D)
- Brian Santa Maria (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3
Incumbent Erik Paulsen (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 3 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erik Paulsen | 100.0 | 39,077 |
| Total votes: 39,077 | |||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on February 15, 2022, when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. In its unanimous order, the panel wrote, "To afford counties and municipalities time to complete local redistricting, the statutory deadline for completing congressional and legislative redistricting is '25 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two.' In this decennium, that date is February 15, 2022. That date has arrived, and the legislature has not yet enacted a congressional redistricting plan. To avoid delaying the electoral process, the panel must now act."[11]
After the panel issued their order, Dave Orrick of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press wrote, "The impacts of the new maps weren’t immediately clear...Since Minnesota averted losing a congressional seat, the state’s eight districts for U.S. House members don’t appear jarringly different from current maps."[12] Briana Bierschbach and Hunter Woodall wrote in the Star Tribune, “Under the new maps, the eighth Congressional district grew larger geographically to accommodate population declines in many rural counties.”[13]Kyle Brown of Saint Paul television station KSTP wrote, “The state’s current balance of four Republican and four Democratic representatives in the U.S. House could be thrown for a loop with a radical shift in geography for the 2nd Congressional District, which by far had the most competitive race in 2020.”[14]
How does redistricting in Minnesota work? In Minnesota, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Minnesota State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[15]
The Minnesota Constitution requires "that state Senate districts be contiguous, and that Representative districts be nested within Senate districts." State statutes apply contiguity requirements to all congressional and state legislative districts. Furthermore, state statutes stipulate that political subdivisions should not be divided "more than necessary."[15]
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Minnesota State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 3rd the 121st most Democratic district nationally.[16]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 3rd the 146th most Democratic district nationally.[17]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 59.5%-38.5%.[18]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 3rd the 144th most Democratic district nationally.[19]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 59.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 38.5%.[20]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage point more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District the 189th most Democratic nationally.[21]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.98. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.98 points toward that party.[22]
See also
- Redistricting in Minnesota
- Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
- Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel, "Wattson v. Simon," February 15, 2022
- ↑ TwinCities.com, "MN redistricting: Judicial panel releases new maps," February 15, 2022
- ↑ StarTribune, "Minnesota courts release state's new redistricting plans." February 15, 2022
- ↑ KSTP.com, "Panel releases Minnesota’s new redistricting plans," February 15, 2022
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 All About Redistricting, "Minnesota," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
