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Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District

TN 3rd District Map.PNG

Incumbent
Charles J. Fleischmann Republican Party
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): R+18
U.S. Census Bureau (2010 data)[1]
Population: 715,757
Gender: 48.8% Male, 51.2% Female
Race [2]: 85.3% White, 10.9% Black, 1.13% Asian
Ethnicity: 3.4% Hispanic
Unemployment: 11.2%
Median household income
$38,020
High school graduation rate
82.6%
College graduation rate
19.9%

Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District is located in the northeastern and southeastern portions of the state and includes Anderson, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Roane, Scott, and Union counties and areas of Bradley and Campbell counties.[3]

The current representative of the 3rd Congressional District is Charles J. Fleischmann (R).

Elections

2020

See also: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Nancy Jackson Baxley (Independent)
  • Sandy Casey (R)
  • Jim Elkins (R)
  • Basil Marceaux (R)
  • Tyler Deniston (Independent)

2018

See also: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

2016

See also: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Charles Fleischmann (R) defeated Melody Shekari (D) and independent candidates Topher Kersting, Cassandra Mitchell, and Rick Tyler in the general election on November 8, 2016. Fleischmann defeated Allan Levene and Geoffery Suhmer Smith in the Republican primary, while Shekari defeated Michael Friedman and George Ryan Love to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.[4] [5] [6]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles Fleischmann Incumbent 66.4% 176,613
Democratic Melody Shekari 28.8% 76,727
Independent Rick Tyler 1.9% 5,098
Independent Cassandra Mitchell 1.9% 5,075
Independent Topher Kersting 0.9% 2,493
Total Votes 266,006
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State
U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Melody Shekari 53.9% 8,660
Michael Friedman 33.2% 5,329
George Ryan Love 12.9% 2,070
Total Votes 16,059
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State
U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Fleischmann Incumbent 83.9% 31,964
Geoffery Suhmer Smith 8.1% 3,076
Allan Levene 8% 3,059
Total Votes 38,099
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014

See also: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Charles J. Fleischmann (R) Mary Headrick (D) and Cassandra Mitchell (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles J. Fleischmann Incumbent 62.4% 97,319
Democratic Mary Headrick 34.6% 53,963
Independent Cassandra Mitchell 3.1% 4,768
Total Votes 156,050
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

2012

See also: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Charles J. Fleischmann won re-election in the district.[7]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Mary Headrick 35.5% 91,094
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles J. Fleischmann Incumbent 61.5% 157,830
Independent Matthew Deniston 3.1% 7,905
Total Votes 256,829
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Chuck Fleischmann won election to the United States House. He defeated John Wolfe (D) and Savas T. Kyriakidis (I) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Chuck Fleischmann 59.6% 92,032
Democratic John Wolfe 29.4% 45,387
Independent Savas T. Kyriakidis 11.1% 17,077
Total Votes 154,496

2008
On November 4, 2008, Zach Wamp won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Doug Vandagriff (D), Jean Howard-Hill (I), Ed Choate (I) and June Griffin (Write-in) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Wamp incumbent 69.4% 184,964
Democratic Doug Vandagriff 27.4% 73,059
Independent Jean Howard-Hill 1.8% 4,848
Independent Ed Choate 1.4% 3,750
Write-in June Griffin 0% 7
Total Votes 266,628

2006
On November 7, 2006, Zach Wamp won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brent Benedict (D) in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Wamp incumbent 65.7% 130,791
Democratic Brent Benedict 34.3% 68,324
Total Votes 199,115

2004
On November 2, 2004, Zach Wamp won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Wolfe (D), June Griffin (I), Doug Vandagriff (I) and Jean Howard-Hill (I) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Wamp incumbent 64.7% 166,154
Democratic John Wolfe 32.8% 84,295
Independent June Griffin 1.2% 3,018
Independent Doug Vandagriff 0.7% 1,696
Independent Jean Howard-Hill 0.6% 1,473
Total Votes 256,636

2002
On November 5, 2002, Zach Wamp won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Wolfe (D), William C. Bolen (I) and Timothy A. Sevier (I) in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Wamp incumbent 64.5% 112,254
Democratic John Wolfe 33.8% 58,824
Independent William C. Bolen 1% 1,743
Independent Timothy A. Sevier 0.5% 947
N/A Write-in 0.1% 153
Total Votes 173,921

2000
On November 7, 2000, Zach Wamp won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William L. Callaway (D) and Trudy Austin (L) in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Tennessee District 3 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Zach Wamp incumbent 63.9% 139,840
Democratic William L. Callaway 34.6% 75,785
Libertarian Trudy Austin 1.5% 3,235
N/A Write-in 0% 80
Total Votes 218,940

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2020 census

Tennessee is drawing congressional district maps following the 2020 census. New congressional district maps have not yet been enacted.

How does redistricting in Tennessee work? In Tennessee, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[14]

The Tennessee Constitution requires that state Senate districts "preserve counties whole where possible." State statutes mandate that no more than 30 counties may be split across districts. Furthermore, state law requires that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[14]

2010-2011

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Tennessee 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

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+18, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District the 54th most Republican nationally.[15]

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 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.[16]

District demographics

The table below presents demographic data in Congressional Districts from the U.S. Census Bureau. Use the drop-down boxes on the right side of the table to sort the data by characteristic information and state. The tables were provided by the American Public Media Research Lab.

See also

  • Redistricting in Tennessee
  • Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

External links

  • GovTrack District 3

Footnotes

  1. Demographic data were added to this page in 2013. Ballotpedia will update this page in 2021 after data from the 2020 Census become available.
  2. Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
  3. Tennessee Redistricting Map "Map" accessed July 30, 2012
  4. Tennessee Secretary of State, "Candidate Petitions Filed as of April 7, 2016 Noon Qualifying Deadline," accessed April 8, 2016
  5. Politico, "Tennessee House Primaries Results," August 4, 2016
  6. CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
  7. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Tennessee"
  8. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  12. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  13. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  14. 14.0 14.1 All About Redistricting, "Tennessee," accessed May 5, 2015
  15. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  16. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018

Senators

Representatives

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)