| State: | Indiana |
| District Number: | 3 |
| Image Name: | Indiana's 3rd congressional district (since 2023).png |
| Image Width: | 400 |
| Image Caption: | Indiana's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Jim Banks |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Columbia City |
| English Area: | 3,239.8 |
| Metric Area: | 8,391.08 |
| Percent Urban: | 65.14 |
| Percent Rural: | 34.86 |
| Population: | 764,836 |
| Population Year: | 2023 |
| Median Income: | $65,351[1] |
| Percent White: | 80.5 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6.7 |
| Percent Black: | 6.0 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.6 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | R+18[2] |
Indiana's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Fort Wayne, the district takes in the northeastern part of the state. This district includes all of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties, as well as northern Jay and northeast Kosciusko counties.
The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Banks, who succeeded fellow Republican Marlin Stutzman. Stutzman succeeded Mark Souder in a special election in 2010. Souder resigned after admitting his involvement in an affair with a married member of his congressional staff.
Congressman Marlin Stutzman announced he would not run for reelection and instead campaign for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Senator Dan Coats. On May 12, 2015, Indiana State Senator Jim Banks announced his intention to run for Indiana's Third Congressional District.[3] Another Indiana State Senator, Liz Brown,[4] also announced she would seek the Republican nomination.[5]
The district and its predecessors have typically been strongly Republican. It occasionally elected Democrats in the past, but the Democrats have not come close to winning it since 1994. Pockets of Democratic influence exist in Fort Wayne itself, which frequently elects Democratic mayors and occasionally sends Democrats to the state legislature. However, this is nowhere near enough to overcome the overwhelming Republican lean of the rest of the district.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | George W. Bush 66% – Al Gore 33% | |
| 2004 | President | George W. Bush 68% – John Kerry 31% | |
| 2008 | President | John McCain 56% – Barack Obama 43% | |
| 2012 | President | Mitt Romney 62.5% – Barack Obama 35.7% | |
| 2016 | President | Donald Trump 65.1% – Hillary Clinton 30.1% | |
| 2020 | President | Donald Trump 63.9% – Joe Biden 34.0% |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams | Decatur | 36,068 | |
| 3 | Allen | Fort Wayne | 391,449 | |
| 9 | Blackford | Hartford City | 11,919 | |
| 33 | DeKalb | Auburn | 43,731 | |
| 69 | Huntington | Huntington | 36,834 | |
| 75 | Jay | Portland | 20,198 | |
| 85 | Kosciusko | Warsaw | 80,826 | |
| 87 | LaGrange | LaGrange | 40,866 | |
| 113 | Noble | Albion | 47,367 | |
| 135 | Randolph | Winchester | 24,437 | |
| 151 | Steuben | Angola | 34,725 | |
| 179 | Wells | Bluffton | 28,335 | |
| 183 | Whitley | Columbia City | 34,627 |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | width=350 | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1823 | ||||||||
| John Test | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election. | 1823 – 1833 Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne | |||
| Anti- Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||||||
| align=left | Oliver H. Smith | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1826. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John Test | Anti- Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1828. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Johnathan McCarty | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John Carr | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired. | 1833 – 1843 | ||
| align=left | William Graham | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1837. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John Carr | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1839. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Joseph L. White | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Thomas Smith | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. | 1843 – 1853 | ||
| align=left | John L. Robinson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Cyrus L. Dunham | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | 1853 – 1863 | ||
| align=left | George G. Dunn | People's | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Retired. | |||
| align=left | James Hughes | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William M. Dunn | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Henry W. Harrington | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1862. Lost re-election. | 1863 – 1873 | ||
| align=left | Ralph Hill | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Morton C. Hunter | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1866. Retired. | |||
William S. Holman | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1873 – 1883 | ||||||||
| align=left | Michael C. Kerr | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – August 19, 1876 | nowrap | Elected in 1874. Died. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 19, 1876 – December 5, 1876 | ||||||
| align=left | Nathan T. Carr | Democratic | nowrap | December 5, 1876 – March 3, 1877 | Elected to finish Kerr's term. Was not candidate for full term. | |||
| align=left | George A. Bicknell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination. | |||
Strother M. Stockslager | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Lost renomination. | |||||
| 1883 – 1893 | ||||||||
| align=left | Jonas G. Howard | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost renomination. | |||
Jason B. Brown | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost renomination. | |||||
| 1893 – 1903 | ||||||||
| align=left | Robert J. Tracewell | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Lost re-election. | |||
William T. Zenor | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired. | |||||
| 1903 – 1913 | ||||||||
William E. Cox | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1913 – 1923 | ||||||||
| align=left | James W. Dunbar | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Frank Gardner | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | 1923 – 1933 | ||
| align=left | James W. Dunbar | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Eugene B. Crowe | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Samuel B. Pettengill | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Retired. | 1933 – 1943 | ||
Robert A. Grant | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1943 – 1953 | ||||||||
| align=left | Thurman C. Crook | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | |||
Shepard Crumpacker | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired. | |||||
| 1953 – 1963 | ||||||||
| align=left | F. Jay Nimtz | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | Elected in 1956. Lost re-election. | |||
John Brademas | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981 | Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1963 – 1973 | ||||||||
| 1973 – 1983 | ||||||||
John P. Hiler | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 | Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1983 – 1993 | ||||||||
Tim Roemer | Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired. | |||||
| 1993 – 2003 | ||||||||
| align=left | Mark Souder | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – May 21, 2010 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned. | 2003 – 2013 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 21, 2010 – November 16, 2010 | ||||||
Marlin Stutzman | Republican | November 16, 2010 – January 3, 2017 | Elected to finish Souder's term. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||||
| 2013 – 2023 | ||||||||
Jim Banks | Republican | January 3, 2017 – present | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. Senator. | |||||
| 2023 – present | ||||||||
| align=left | Marlin Stutzman (elect) | Republican | January 3, 2025 | Elected in 2024. | ||||
As of 2013.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams | Decatur | 35,491 | |
| 2 | Allen | Fort Wayne | 377,872 | |
| 5 | Blackford | Hartford City | 12,766 | |
| 17 | DeKalb | Auburn | 40,285 | |
| 35 | Huntington | Huntington | 37,124 | |
| 38 | Jay | Portland | 21,253 | |
| 43 | Kosciusko | Warsaw | 77,358 | |
| 44 | LaGrange | LaGrange | 37,128 | |
| 57 | Noble | Albion | 47,536 | |
| 76 | Steuben | Angola | 34,185 | |
| 90 | Wells | Bluffton | 27,636 | |
| 92 | Whitley | Columbia City | 33,292 |
(2010 census)
(2010 census)