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Iowa's 3rd State Senate district
Senator	Lynn Evans R

The 3rd district of the Iowa Senate, located in Northwestern Iowa, is currently composed of Buena Vista County, Osceola County, O'Brien County and parts of Cherokee County and Clay County. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Lynn Evans.

Current elected officials

Republican Lynn Evans has been the senator representing the 3rd District since 2023.

The area of the 3rd District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:

• The 5th District (represented by Zach Dieken)
• The 6th District (represented by Megan Jones)

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

List of Representatives

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Historical District Boundaries

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Map	Description	Years Effective	Notes
	Appanoose County Davis County	1846-1849	From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.
	Appanoose County Davis County Wayne County	1850-1851
	Van Buren County	1852-1855
	Van Buren County	1856-1859	District 3 included a portion of district 2 during this period.
	Davis County	1860-1877
	Appanoose County	1878-1883
	Appanoose County Monroe County	1884-1887
	Appanoose County Davis County	1888-1962
	Lucas County Monroe County Wayne County	1963-1966
	Appanoose County Lucas County Monroe County	1967-1970
	Emmet County Humboldt County Kossuth County	1971-1972	In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.
	Buena Vista County (partial) Cherokee County (partial) Clay County (partial) Palo Alto County (partial) Plymouth County (partial) Pocahontas County (partial) O'Brien County (partial)	1973-1982
	Plymouth County Sioux County (partial) Woodbury County (partial)	1983-1992
	Lyon County O'Brien County (partial) Osceola County Sioux County	1993-2002
	Clay County Dickinson County O'Brien County Osceola County Sioux County (partial) Grant Township Lynn Township Floyd Township East Orange Township	2003-2012
	Plymouth County (partial) Excluding Meadow Township Remsen Township Henry Township Garfield Township Including Kingsley, Iowa Woodbury County (partial) Excluding Rock Township Morgan Township Miller Township Liston Township Oto Township Little Sioux Township Willow Township Sloan Township Concord Township Sioux City, Iowa Approximately North of US20 Anthon, Iowa	2013-2022
	Buena Vista County Cherokee County (partial) Liberty Township Cedar Township Cherokee Township Pilot Township Silver Township Spring Township Afton Township Pitcher Township Diamond Township Clay County (partial) Lone Tree Township excluding Everly Riverton Township Clay Township Lincoln Township Gillett Grove Township Logan Township Peterson Township Douglas Township Herdland Township Garfield Township Spencer, Iowa O'Brien County Osceola County	2023–Present

See also

• Iowa General Assembly
• Iowa Senate

References

1. "Iowa Senate District 3 Map" (PDF).
2. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf
3. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf
4. "Iowa Senate District 3 Historic Senators".
5. "Biography Cyrus Bussey".
6. "Iowa State Senate District 3 Historic Legislators".
7. "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
8. "Iowa Senate District 3 Map 1856-1859" (PDF).
9. "Reapportionment in Iowa".

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