Nebraska's 3rd congressional district

Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
	Nebraska's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Adrian Smith; R–Gering
Distribution	53.79% rural; 46.21% urban;
Population (2019)	597,568
Median household; income	$55,729
Ethnicity	94.4% White; 6.0% Hispanic; 0.8% Native American; 0.5% Asian; 0.3% Black; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	R+27

Nebraska's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The district makes up most of the state besides parts of the eastern side. The district has 68 counties and is in two time zones. It includes the cities of Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, North Platte, Alliance, and Scottsbluff. Also, it has the Sandhills region and a large part of the Platte River. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Adrian Smith.

Election history

General election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Osborne (Incumbent)	218,751	87.5%
	Democratic	Donna J. Anderson	26,434	10.5%
	Nebraska	Joseph A. Rosberg	3,396	1.4%
	Green	Roy Guisinger	1,555	.6%
Total votes			250,136	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith	113,687	54.99%
	Democratic	Scott Kleeb	93,046	45.01%
Total votes			206,733	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	183,117	76.87%
	Democratic	Jay C. Stoddard	55,087	23.13%
Total votes			238,204	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	117,275	70.12%
	Democratic	Rebekah Davis	29,932	17.9%
	Independent	Dan Hill	20,036	11.98%
Total votes			167,243	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	187,423	74.2%
	Democratic	Mark Sullivan	65,266	25.8%
Total votes			252,689	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	139,440	75.4%
	Democratic	Mark Sullivan	45,524	24.6%
Total votes			184,964	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	226,720	100%
Total votes			226,720	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	163,650	76.7%
	Democratic	Paul Theobald	49,654	23.3%
Total votes			213,304	100.0%
	Republican hold

General election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Smith (Incumbent)	225,157	78.5%
	Democratic	Mark Elworth Jr.	50,690	17.7%
	Libertarian	Dustin C. Hobbs	10,923	3.8%
Total votes			336,962	100.0%
	Republican hold

↑ "My Congressional District".
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.