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California's 3rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Kevin Kiley R–Roseville
Population (2023)	788,130
Median household income	$101,591
Ethnicity	69.1% White 14.3% Hispanic 7.4% Asian 6.1% Two or more races 1.5% Black 0.9% Native American 0.8% other
Cook PVI	R+4

California's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. It includes the northern Sierra Nevada and northeastern suburbs of Sacramento, stretching south to Death Valley. It encompasses Alpine, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer (where the majority of the district’s population lives), Plumas, and Sierra counties, as well as parts of El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba counties. It includes the Sacramento suburbs of Roseville (the district's largest city), Folsom, Orangevale, Rocklin, Auburn, and Lincoln, along with the mountain towns of Quincy, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Mammoth Lakes, and Bishop. The district is represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.

Prior to redistricting in 2020, the 3rd district encompassed most of the Sacramento Valley north and west of Sacramento. It covered all of Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, most of Glenn, Lake, Solano and Yolo counties and a portion of Sacramento County. The district was represented by John Garamendi, a Democrat.

Recent election results from statewide races

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama (D) 54.3–43.1%
	Senator	Feinstein (D) 56.5–43.55
2014	Governor	Brown (D) 56.0–44.0%
2016	President	Clinton (D) 53.0–40.4%
	Senator	Harris (D) 62.4–37.6%
2018	Governor	Newsom (D) 52.4–47.6%
	Senator	De León (D) 52.8–47.2%
2020	President	Biden (D) 54.9–42.7%
2021	Recall	N No 52.2–47.8%
2022	Governor	Dahle (R) 56.8–43.2%
	Senator	Meuser (R) 54.1–45.9%

Recent history

The 3rd district once extended up the Sacramento Valley from Sacramento to take in rural territory up to Tehama County. Once a Democratic bastion, the district was pushed into more rural and Republican-leaning territory after the 1990 census, and finally elected a Republican in 1998. The 2001 reapportionment made the district more compact and Republican than its predecessor, though it was far less Republican than the neighboring 4th district. Although there was some movement in registration in favor of the Democrats, it still had a strong GOP flavor as most of the Sacramento area's Democratic voters lived in the neighboring 5th district.

While George W. Bush carried the district in 2004 with 58.2% of the vote, the district swung rapidly in the Democratic column in 2008 with Barack Obama narrowly winning a plurality with 49.28% of the vote over John McCain's 48.81%. However, despite Obama's win, in the congressional election held on the same day the Republicans retained the seat.

After redistricting, this district essentially became the 7th district, while a new 3rd was created with lines similar to what the old 3rd had in the 1990s. This version of the 3rd was considered a swing district, though the bulk of its population lives in Democratic-leaning areas in the outer Bay Area and in the closer-in suburbs of Sacramento.

Election results from statewide races before 2012

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton (D) 40.9–37.2%
	Senator	Herschensohn (R) 45.2–44.2%
	Senator	Feinstein (D) 49.3–41.7%
1994	Governor	Wilson (R) 60.2–35.1%
	Senator	Feinstein (D) 46.7-44.8%
1996	President	Clinton (D) 45.2–44.4%
1998	Governor	Davis (D) 58.0-38.4%
	Senator	Boxer (D) 53.1-43.0%
2000	President	Bush (R) 51.1–43.6%
	Senator	Feinstein (D) 48.9–43.4%
2002	Governor	Simon (R) 54.5–34.0%
2003	Recall	Y Yes 66.8–33.2%
		Schwarzenegger (R) 58.2–20.3%
2004	President	Bush (R) 58.2–40.8%
	Senator	Jones (R) 51.1–46.7%
2006	Governor	Schwarzenegger (R) 68.6–26.8%
	Senator	Feinstein (D) 48.8–46.1%
2008	President	Obama (D) 49.3–48.8%
2010	Governor	Brown (D) 47.6–47.4%
	Senator	Fiorina (R) 52.9–40.7%

Composition as of 2023

As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 3rd congressional district is located in the Sierra Nevada region. It encompasses Alpine, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, and Sierra Counties, as well as parts of El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba Counties.

El Dorado County is split between this district and the 5th district. They are partitioned by Scott Creek, Perry Creek, Perry Creek Rd, Rocky Bar Rd, Grizzly Flat Rd, Happy Valley Rd, Canon Creek, E16 Highway, Pleasant Valley Rd, Cedar Ravine Rd, Woodland Dr, Weber Creek, Highway 50, Chili Bar Reservoir, South Fork American River, Marshall Rd, Hastings Creek, Highway 49, Pilot Creek, North Fork American River, and the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The 3rd district takes in the city of South Lake Tahoe and the census-designated places Auburn Lake Trails, Camino, Georgetown, Grizzly Flats, Meyers, and Pollock Pines.

Sacramento County is split between this district and both the 6th district and 7th district. The 6th and 3rd districts are partitioned by Latrobe Rd, Scott Rd, Deer Creek, Carson Creek, Nimbus Rd, E3 Highway, Illinois Ave, Madison Ave, Kenneth Ave, Wachtel Way, and Old Auburn Rd. The 3rd district takes in the city of Folsom and the census-designated place Orangevale.

Yuba County is split between this district and the 1st district. They are partitioned by State Highway 70, Ellis Rd, and Union Pacific. The 3rd district takes in the census-designated places Challenge-Brownsville, Comptonville, Dobbins, Loma Rica, and Smartsville.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Roseville – 147,773
• Folsom – 80,454
• Rocklin – 71,601
• Lincoln – 49,757
• Orangevale – 35,569
• Fair Oaks – 32,514
• South Lake Tahoe – 21,330
• Granite Bay – 21,247
• Truckee – 16,729
• Grass Valley – 14,016
• Auburn – 13,776
• North Auburn – 13,452

2,500 – 10,000 people

• Alta Sierra – 7,204
• Mammoth Lakes – 7,191
• Pollock Pines – 7,112
• Loomis – 6,836
• Lake Wildwood – 5,158
• Lake of the Pines – 4,301
• Bishop – 3,819
• Kings Beach – 3,563
• Auburn Lake Trails – 3,388
• Meadow Vista – 3,263
• Nevada City – 3,152
• Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek – 2,780
• West Bishop – 2,754

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1865
John Bidwell (Chico)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Retired.	1865–1885 Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba
James A. Johnson (Downieville)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
John M. Coghlan (Suisun City)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1871. Lost re-election.
John K. Luttrell (Santa Rosa)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1875. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
Campbell P. Berry (Wheatville)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1879. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
Barclay Henley (Santa Rosa)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 1st district.
Joseph McKenna (Suisun City)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 28, 1892	49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge.	1885–1895 Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo
Vacant		March 28, 1892 – December 5, 1892	52nd
Samuel G. Hilborn (Oakland)	Republican	December 5, 1892 – April 4, 1894	52nd 53rd	Lost election contest.
Warren B. English (Oakland)	Democratic	April 4, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Won election contest. Lost re-election.	1895–1903 Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Solano, Yolo
Samuel G. Hilborn (Oakland)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Lost renomination.
Victor H. Metcalf (Oakland)	Republican	March 4, 1899 – July 1, 1904	56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
					1903–1913 Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano
Vacant		July 1, 1904 – November 8, 1904	58th
Joseph R. Knowland (Alameda)	Republican	November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected to finish Metcalf's term. Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Charles F. Curry (Sacramento)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – October 10, 1930	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died in office.	1913–1933 Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Vacant		October 11, 1930 – March 3, 1931	71st
Charles F. Curry Jr. (Sacramento)	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Frank H. Buck (Vacaville)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – September 17, 1942	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Died in office.	1933–1953 Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo
Vacant		September 17, 1942 – January 3, 1943	77th
J. Leroy Johnson (Stockton)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 11th district.
John E. Moss (Sacramento)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1978	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-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. Retired; resigned before the term ended.	1953–1963 Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
					1963–1967 Sacramento
					1967–1975 Sacramento (Sacramento city)
					1975–1983 Eastern two-thirds of Sacramento
Vacant		December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979	95th
Bob Matsui (Sacramento)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected 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. Redistricted to the 5th district.
					1983–1993 Sacramento (Sacramento city and eastern suburbs)
Vic Fazio (West Sacramento)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired.	1993–2003 Southwestern Butte, Colusa, Glenn, northwestern Sacramento, eastern Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo
Doug Ose (Sacramento)	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
					2003–2013 Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, most of suburban Sacramento, northern and eastern Solano
Dan Lungren (Gold River)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost.
John Garamendi (Walnut Grove)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 8th district.	2013–2023 North central California including Davis, Fairfield, and Yuba City
Kevin Kiley (Rocklin)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present Sierra Nevada region, including all of Alpine, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, and Sierra and parts of El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba

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Historical district boundaries

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

• California's congressional districts

References

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2. "My Congressional District: Congressional District 3 (118th Congress), California". United States Census Bureau.
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19. 1920 general election results
20. "1922 general election results" (PDF). Retrieved April 5, 2023.
21. 1924 general election results
22. 1926 general election results
23. 1928 general election results
24. 1930 general election results
25. 1932 general election results
26. 1934 general election results
27. 1936 general election results
28. 1938 general election results
29. 1940 general election results
30. 1942 general election results
31. 1944 general election results
32. 1946 general election results
33. 1948 general election results
34. 1950 general election results
35. 1952 general election results
36. 1954 general election results
37. 1956 general election results
38. 1958 general election results
39. 1960 general election results
40. 1962 general election results
41. 1964 general election results
42. 1966 general election results
43. 1968 general election results
44. 1970 general election results
45. 1972 general election results
46. 1974 general election results
47. 1976 general election results
48. 1978 general election results
49. 1980 general election results
50. 1982 general election results
51. 1984 general election results
52. 1986 general election results
53. 1988 general election results
54. 1990 general election results
55. 1992 general election results
56. 1994 general election results
57. 1996 general election results
58. 1998 general election results
59. 2000 general election results
60. 2002 general election results Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
61. 2004 general election results Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
62. 2006 general election results Archived November 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
63. 2008 general election results Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
64. 2010 general election results
65. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/06-sov-summary.xls
66. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/xls/06-summary.xls
67. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/csv-candidates.xls

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 3rd congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
• California Voter Foundation map – CD03 (out of date)
• California Citizens Redistricting Commission, final districts

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• Government of Yolo County, California
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• Marysville, California
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