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Ohio's 3rd congressional district

U.S. House district for Ohio

Ohio's 3rd congressional district

U.S. House district for Ohio

FieldValue
stateOhio
district number3
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries
representativeJoyce Beatty
partyDemocratic
residenceColumbus
distribution ref
percent urban99.82
percent rural0.18
population787,191
population year2024
median income$72,896
percent white55.1
percent hispanic6.3
percent black27.5
percent asian5.6
percent more than one race4.8
percent other race0.8
cpviD+21

| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections | percent more than one race = 4.8

Ohio's 3rd congressional district is located entirely in Franklin County and includes most of the city of Columbus. The current district lines were drawn in 2022, following the redistricting based on the 2020 census. It is currently represented by Democrat Joyce Beatty.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map due to alleged unconstitutional gerrymandering. According to the lawsuit, the 3rd was "shaped like a snowflake" that was designed to "fracture" Columbus. The plaintiffs focused on the 3rd in part because the 2013-2023 version of the district was barely contiguous. In some portions, it was almost, but not quite, split in two by the neighboring 12th and 15th districts which split the rest of Columbus between them.

The 2013-2023 map drew most of the heavily Democratic portions of Columbus into the 3rd, with much of the rest of Columbus split into the more Republican 12th and 15th districts. An alternative plan was to split Columbus between four districts, creating 13 safe Republican seats. In May 2019, the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati deemed the map unconstitutional, as intentionally drawn to keep Republicans in power and disenfranchise Democratic voters. The U.S. Supreme Court discarded the district court ruling in October 2019.

In 2018, Ohio voters approved a ballot measure known as Issue 1, which grants the minority party oversight on redistricting, requiring 50 percent minority party approval for district maps. The process would only take place after the 2020 census and presidential election.

For most of the time from 1887 to 2003, the 3rd was a Dayton-based district; much of that territory is now the 10th district.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 65% - 34%
2012PresidentObama 66% - 34%
2016PresidentClinton 67% - 28%
SenateStrickland 57% - 39%
2018SenateBrown 74% - 26%
GovernorCordray 69% - 29%
Secretary of StateClyde 68% - 30%
TreasurerRichardson Jr. 67% - 33%
AuditorSpace 68% - 28%
Attorney GeneralDettelbach 67% - 33%
2020PresidentBiden 71% - 27%
2022SenateRyan 72% - 28%
GovernorWhaley 63% - 37%
Secretary of StateClark 64% - 35%
TreasurerSchertzer 66% - 34%
AuditorSappington 66% - 34%
Attorney GeneralCrossman 65% - 35%
2024PresidentHarris 70% - 29%
SenateBrown 71% - 26%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:

Franklin County (20)

: Bexley, Blendon Township, Columbus (part; also 4th, 12th, and 15th; shared with Delaware and Fairfield counties), Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Jefferson Township, Marble Cliff, Mifflin Township, Minerva Park, New Albany (part; also 12th; shared with Licking County), Perry Township, Plain Township, Riverlea, Reynoldsburg (part; also 12th; shared with Licking County), Sharon Township, Truro Township, Upper Arlington, Westerville (part; also 4th; shared with Delaware County), Whitehall, Worthington

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYear(s)Cong
ressElectoral history
District established March 4, 1813
[[File:Duncan McArthur at statehouse.jpg100px]]
Duncan McArthur
(Chillicothe)FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
April 5, 1813Elected in 1812.
Resigned.
VacantnowrapApril 5, 1813 –
May 4, 1813
[[File:William Creighton Jr.png100px]]
William Creighton Jr.
(Chillicothe)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMay 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817Elected May 10, 1813 to finish McArthur's term and seated June 15, 1813.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
Levi Barber
(Point Harmar)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819Elected in 1816.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Henry Brush.jpg100px]]
Henry Brush
(Chillicothe)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821Elected in 1818.
Lost re-election.
Levi Barber
(Point Harmar)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
William McLean
(Piqua)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Retired.
Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
Joseph Halsey Crane
(Dayton)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[[File:Patrick Gaines Goode.jpg100px]]
Patrick Gaines Goode
(Sidney)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[[File:Portrait of Maj. Gen. Robert C. Schenck, officer of the Federal Army.jpg100px]]
Robert C. Schenck
(Dayton)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1851Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Hiram Bell
(Greenville)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1850.
[[File:Lewis D Campbell (cropped).jpg100px]]
Lewis D. Campbell
(Hamilton)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Lost contested election.
OppositionnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
May 25, 1858
[[File:C.L. Vallandigham - NARA - 527624.jpg100px]]
Clement Vallandigham
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMay 25, 1858 –
March 3, 1863Won contested election.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
[[File:Gen. Robert C. Schenck - NARA - 528514.tif100px]]
Robert C. Schenck
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
January 5, 1871Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Resigned to become Minister to Great Britain.
VacantnowrapJanuary 5, 1871 –
March 3, 1871
[[File:Lewis D Campbell (cropped).jpg100px]]
Lewis D. Campbell
(Hamilton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1870.
[[File:John Quincy Smith from findagrave.jpg100px]]
John Quincy Smith
(Oakland)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1872.
John S. Savage
(Wilmington)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
[[File:Mills Gardner - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Mills Gardner
(Washington Court House)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879Elected in 1876.
[[File:John A. McMahon.png100px]]
John A. McMahon
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1878.
[[File:Henry Lee Morey.png100px]]
Henry Lee Morey
(Hamilton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883Elected in 1880.
[[File:Robert Maynard Murray.jpg100px]]
Robert Maynard Murray
(Piqua)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885Elected in 1882.
[[File:James E. Campbell 002.png100px]]
James E. Campbell
(Hamilton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Elihu Stephen Williams.jpg100px]]
Elihu S. Williams
(Troy)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[[File:George Washington Houk.jpg100px]]
George W. Houk
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1891 –
February 9, 1894Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Died.
VacantnowrapFebruary 9, 1894 –
May 21, 1894
[[File:Paul J. Sorg-1896.jpg100px]]
Paul J. Sorg
(Middletown)DemocraticnowrapMay 21, 1894 –
March 3, 1897Elected to finish Houk's term.
Re-elected in 1894.
[[File:John Lewis Brenner.jpg100px]]
John Lewis Brenner
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[[File:Robert M. Nevin.png100px]]
Robert M. Nevin
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1907Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[[File:J. Eugene Harding.png100px]]
J. Eugene Harding
(Excello)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909Elected in 1906.
[[File:James M. Cox at statehouse.jpg100px]]
James M. Cox
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1909 –
January 12, 1913Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Resigned when elected Governor of Ohio.
VacantnowrapJanuary 12, 1913 –
March 3, 1913
[[File:Warren Gard-hec.17248.jpg100px]]
Warren Gard
(Hamilton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1921Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Retired.
[[File:Honorable Roy Fitzgerald.jpg100px]]
Roy G. Fitzgerald
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1931Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Byron B. Harlan (Ohio Congressman).jpg100px]]
Byron B. Harlan
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1939Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Harry N. Routzohn crop.jpg100px]]
Harry N. Routzohn
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941Elected in 1938.
Lost re-election.
Greg J. Holbrock
(Hamilton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943Elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
[[File:JEFFREY, Harry Palmer, (1901 1997.jpg100px]]
Harry P. Jeffrey
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945Elected in 1942.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Edward J. Gardner.jpg142x142px]]
Edward J. Gardner
(Hamilton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Raymond H. Burke-hec.21756.jpg100px]]
Raymond H. Burke
(Hamilton)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Edward Grimes Breen.jpg100px]]
Edward G. Breen
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1949 –
October 1, 1951Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Resigned due to ill health.
VacantnowrapOctober 1, 1951 –
November 6, 1951
[[File:Paul F. Schenck 84th Congress 1955.jpg100px]]
Paul F. Schenck
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapNovember 6, 1951 –
January 3, 1965Elected to finish Breen's term.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Rodney M. Love 89th Congress 1965.jpg100px]]
Rodney M. Love
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Charles W. Whalen, Jr 95th Congress 1977.jpg100px]]
Charles W. Whalen Jr.
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1979Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired.
[[File:TonyPHall.jpg100px]]
Tony P. Hall
(Dayton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1979 –
September 9, 2002Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Resigned when appointed Ambassador to
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
VacantnowrapSeptember 9, 2002 –
January 3, 2003
[[File:RepMikeTurner.jpg100px]]
Mike Turner
(Dayton)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Joyce Beatty 113th Congress.jpg100px]]
Joyce Beatty
(Columbus)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
presentElected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
1920William G. Pickrel: 59,214Roy G. Fitzgerald: 59,214Clarence M. Gauger: 6,441
1922Warren Gard: 46,127*Roy G. Fitzgerald*: 52,111Joseph Woodward (S): 2,280
1924John P. Rogers: 43,426*Roy G. Fitzgerald*: 73,513Joseph Woodward (S): 1,021
1926T. A. McCann: 33,253*Roy G. Fitzgerald*
1928Frank L. Humphrey: 55,767*Roy G. Fitzgerald*: 101,050
1930Byron B. Harlan: 62,107Roy G. Fitzgerald: 60,249
1932*Byron B. Harlan*: 85,069Edith McClure Patterson: 66,107Jere F. Mincher (S): 4,178
1934*Byron B. Harlan*: 67,695Howard F. Heald: 56,480Jere F. Mincher (S): 1,293
Walter Jones (C): 724
1936*Byron B. Harlan*: 101,115Robert N. Brumbaugh: 70,023Leonidas E. Speer: 9,886
1938Byron B. Harlan: 58,139Harry N. Routzohn: 73,534
1940Greg J. Holbrock: 103,291Harry N. Routzohn: 93,002
1942Greg J. Holbrock: 48,338Harry P. Jeffrey: 51,477
1944Edward J. Gardner: 104,247Harry P. Jeffrey: 94,064
1946Edward J. Gardner: 65,749Raymond H. Burke: 71,171
1948Edward G. Breen: 110,204Raymond H. Burke: 79,162
1950*Edward G. Breen*: 92,840Paul F. Schenck: 77,634
1951*Paul F. Schenck
1952Thomas B. Talbot: 107,551*Paul F. Schenck**: 112,325
1954Thomas B. Talbot: 74,585*Paul F. Schenck*: 82,701
1956R. William Patterson: 93,782*Paul F. Schenck*: 135,152
1958Thomas B. Talbot: 93,401*Paul F. Schenck*: 102,806
1960R. William Patterson: 102,237*Paul F. Schenck*: 167,117
1962Martin A. Evers: 85,573*Paul F. Schenck*: 113,584
1964Rodney M. Love: 129,469Paul F. Schenck: 119,400
1966Rodney M. Love: 53,658Charles W. Whalen, Jr.: 62,471
1968Paul Tipps: 32,012*Charles W. Whalen, Jr.*: 114,549
1970Dempsey A. Kerr: 26,735*Charles W. Whalen, Jr.*: 86,973Russell G. Butcke (AI): 3,545
1972John W. Lelak Jr.: 34,819*Charles W. Whalen, Jr.*: 111,253
1974*Charles W. Whalen, Jr.*: 82,159
1976Leonard E. Stubbs Jr.: 33,873*Charles W. Whalen, Jr.*: 100,871Wilmer M. Hurst: 5,758
John R. Austin: 4,872
1978Tony P. Hall: 62,849Dudley P. Kircher: 51,833Alfred R. Deptula: 2,122
1980*Tony P. Hall*: 95,558Albert H. Sealy: 66,698Richard L. Righter: 2,903
Robert E. Tharpe: 1,710
1982*Tony P. Hall*: 119,926Kathryn E. Brown (L): 16,828
1984*Tony P. Hall*: 151,398
1986*Tony P. Hall*: 98,311Ron Crutcher: 35,167
1988*Tony P. Hall*: 141,953Ron Crutcher: 42,664
1990*Tony P. Hall*: 116,797
1992*Tony P. Hall*: 146,072Peter W. Davis: 98,733
1994*Tony P. Hall*: 105,342David A. Westbrock: 72,314
1996*Tony P. Hall*: 144,583David A. Westbrock: 75,732Dorothy H. Mackey (N): 13,905
1998*Tony P. Hall*: 114,198John S. Shondel: 50,544
2000*Tony P. Hall*: 177,731Regina Burch (N): 36,516
2002Rick Carne: 78,307Mike Turner: 111,630Ronald Williamitis: 14
2004Jane Mitakides: 116,082*Mike Turner*: 192,150
2006Rick Chema: 86,389*Mike Turner*: 121,885
2008Jane Mitakides: 115,976*Mike Turner*: 200,204
2010Joe Roberts : 71,455*Mike Turner*: 152,629
2012Joyce Beatty : 201,921Chris Long : 77,903Richard Ehrbar III (L) : 9,462
Jeff Brown (WI) : 264
Bob Fitrakis (G) : 6,388
2014Joyce Beatty : 91,769John Adams: 51,475Ralph A. Applegate: 17
2016Joyce Beatty : 199,791John Adams: 91,560
2018Joyce Beatty : 181,575Kim Burgess: 65,040Millie Millam: 62
2020Joyce Beatty : 227,420Mark Richardson: 93,569
2022Joyce Beatty: 182,324Lee Stahley: 76,455
2024Joyce Beatty: 243,991Michael Young: 97,389

1951 special election

*In 1951, after Breen's resignation for ill health, Schenck was elected in a special election to complete Breen's term.

2002

In 2002, when then-U.S. Rep. Tony P. Hall decided to accept an appointment as a U.N. ambassador, Richard Alan Carne took his place as the Democratic nominee for the congressional seat. Carne lost the race to former Dayton mayor Michael R. Turner.

2006 election

Main article: United States House elections, 2006

On August 13, 2006, Democratic candidate Stephanie Studebaker— who was the party's nominee to run against the incumbent Republican— was arrested, alongside her husband, on charges of domestic violence. Two days later, she withdrew from the race, leaving the Ohio Democratic Party without a candidate in the district. A special primary election to select a new Democratic candidate was held on 15 September 2006. Richard Chema won that election with nearly 75% of the vote, but lost to Republican Michael R. Turner in the general election.

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

Historical district boundaries

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Notes

References

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