California's 3rd congressional district

California's 3rd congressional district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras Counties. Since 2005, Republican Dan Lungren has represented the district.

Competitiveness

This seat once extended up the Sacramento Valley to take in rural territory up to Tehama County. The 2001 reapportionment plan reconfigured the seat, but as in its previous incarnation, the bulk of the population lies within the suburbs of Sacramento County.

Once a Democratic bastion, the district became more conservative over the years and finally elected a Republican in 1998. The 2001 reapportionment made the district more compact and Republican than its predecessor, though it is far less Republican than the neighboring 4th District. Although there has been some movement in registration in favor of the Democrats, it still has a strong GOP flavor as most of Sacramento's Democratic voters live in the neighboring 5th District.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger 68.6 - 26.8%
	Senator	Feinstein 48.8 - 46.1%
2004	President	Bush 58.2 - 40.8%
	Senator	Jones 51.1 - 46.7%
2003	Recall	Yes 66.8 - 33.2%
		Schwarzenegger 58.2 - 20.3%
2002	Governor	Simon 54.5 - 34.0%
2000	President	Bush 51.1 - 43.6%
	Senator	Feinstein 48.9 - 43.4%
1998	Governor
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1996	President
1994	Governor
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1992	President	Clinton 40.9 - 37.2%
	Senator	Herschensohn 45.2 - 44.2%
	Senator	Feinstein 49.3 - 41.7%

List of Representatives

Counties	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba	John Bidwell	Republican	1865-03-04 – 1867-03-03	Newly created district; retired
	James A. Johnson	Democratic	1867-03-04 – 1869-03-03	Retired
	John M. Coghlan	Republican	1869-03-04 – 1871-03-03	Lost re-election to Luttrell
	John K. Luttrell	Democratic	1871-03-04 – 1877-03-03	Retired
	Campbell P. Berry	Democratic	1877-03-04 – 1891-03-03	Retired
	Barclay Henley	Democratic	1891-03-04 – 1893-03-03	Redistricted to 1st district
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo	Joseph McKenna	Republican	1885-03-04 – 1892-03-28	Newly created district Appointed to Court of Appeals
	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1892-12-05 – 1894-04-04	English contested election
Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Solano, Yolo	Warren B. English	Democratic	1894-04-04 – 1895-03-03	Lost re-election to Hilborn
	Samuel G. Hilborn	Republican	1895-03-04 – 1899-03-03	Lost re-nomination to Metcalf
	Victor H. Metcalf	Republican	1899-03-04 – 1903-03-03
Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano	Edward J. Livernash	Democratic-Union Labor	1903-03-04 – 1905-03-03
	Joseph Knowland	Republican	1905-03-04 – 1913-03-03
Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo	Charles F. Curry	Republican	1913-03-04 – 1930-10-10	Newly created district; died
	Vacant		1930-10-11 – 1931-03-03
	Charles F. Curry, Jr.	Republican	1931-03-04 – 1933-03-03	Lost re-election to Buck
Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo	Frank H. Buck	Democratic	1933-03-04 – 1942-09-17	Died
	Vacant		1942-09-18 – 1943-01-02
	Justin L. Johnson	Republican	1943-01-03 – 1953-01-03	Redistricted to 11th district
Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba	John E. Moss	Democratic	1953-01-03 – 1963-01-03	Newly created district
Sacramento			1963-01-03 – 1967-01-03
Sacramento (Sacramento city)			1967-01-03 – 1975-01-03
Eastern two-thirds of Sacramento			1975-01-03 – 1979-01-03	Retired
	Robert T. Matsui	Democratic	1979-01-03 – 1983-01-03
Sacramento (Sacramento city and eastern suburbs)			1983-01-03 – 1993-01-03	Redistricted to 5th district
Southwestern Butte, Colusa, Glenn, northwestern Sacramento, eastern Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1993-01-03 – 1999-01-03	Redistricted from 4th district Retired
	Doug Ose	Republican	1999-01-03 – 2003-01-03
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, most of suburban Sacramento, northern and eastern Solano			2003-01-03 – 2005-01-03	Retired
	Dan Lungren	Republican	2005-01-03 – present	Incumbent

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References

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 3rd congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
• California Voter Foundation map - CD03