Michigan's 3rd congressional district

Michigan's 3rd congressional district
Michigan's 3rd congressional district
	Michigan's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Peter Meijer; R–Grand Rapids
Distribution	68.54% urban; 31.46% rural;
Population (2019)	752,287
Median income	$64,919
Ethnicity	84.2% White; 7.98% Black; 6.89% Hispanic; 0.3% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+6

Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Michigan. The district is in the middle of the state. The cities in the district are Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Ionia, Hastings, Lowell. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Party Peter Meijer. Justin Amash represented the district before Meijer and was the first and only member of the Libertarian Party to be in the House of Representatives.

Election history

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2012^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	171,675	52.6
	Democrat	Steve Pestka	144,108	44.2
	Libertarian	Bill Gelineau	10,498	3.2
style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Independent (United States)\|Template:Independent (United States)/meta/shortname]]	Steven Butler (write-in)	2	0.0
Total votes			326,283	100.0
	Republican hold

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	125,754	57.9
	Democrat	Bob Goodrich	84,720	39.0
	Green	Tonya Duncan	6,691	3.1
Total votes			217,165	100.0
	Republican hold

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2016^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	203,545	59.5
	Democrat	Douglas Smith	128,400	37.5
	[[US Taxpayers Party\|Template:US Taxpayers Party/meta/shortname]]	Ted Gerrard	10,420	3.0
Total votes			342,365	100.0
	Republican hold

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2018^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	169,107	54.4
	Democrat	Cathy Albro	134,185	43.2
	[[US Taxpayers Party\|Template:US Taxpayers Party/meta/shortname]]	Ted Gerrard	7,445	2.4
style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Independent (United States)\|Template:Independent (United States)/meta/shortname]]	Joe Farrington (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			310,740	100.0
	Republican hold

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2020^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Meijer	213,649	53.0
	Democrat	Hillary Scholten	189,769	47.0
style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Independent (United States)\|Template:Independent (United States)/meta/shortname]]	Richard Fuentes (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			403,419	100.0
	Republican gain from Libertarian