Michigan's 3rd congressional district

The Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Michigan. The district is in the middle of the state. The cities in the district are Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Ionia, Hastings, Lowell. 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 Hillary Scholten, a member of the Democratic Party.

Michigan's 3rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Hillary Scholten D–Grand Rapids
Distribution	68.54% urban[1] 31.46% rural
Population (2023)	771,917[2]
Median household income	$75,170[3]
Ethnicity	70.1% White 11.1% Black 10.7% Hispanic 4.4% Two or more races 3.0% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	D+4[4]

Election history

Year	Office	Winner & margin
1992	President	Bush 46 – 34%
1996	President	Dole 53 – 39%
2000	President	Bush 60 – 38%
2004	President	Bush 59 – 40%
2008	President	McCain 49 – 48%
2012	President	Romney 53 – 46%
2016	President	Trump 52 – 42%
2018	Senate	James 51 – 47%
2018	Governor	Schuette 49 – 48%
2020	President	Trump 51 – 47%
2020	Senate	James 53 – 45%

2012

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	171,675	52.6
	Democratic	Steve Pestka	144,108	44.2
	Libertarian	Bill Gelineau	10,498	3.2
	Independent	Steven Butler (write-in)	2	0.0
Total votes			326,283	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	125,754	57.9
	Democratic	Bob Goodrich	84,720	39.0
	Green	Tonya Duncan	6,691	3.1
Total votes			217,165	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2016^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	203,545	59.5
	Democratic	Douglas Smith	128,400	37.5
	Constitution	Ted Gerrard	10,420	3.0
Total votes			342,365	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash (incumbent)	169,107	54.4
	Democratic	Cathy Albro	134,185	43.2
	Constitution	Ted Gerrard	7,445	2.4
	Independent	Joe Farrington (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			310,740	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2020^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Meijer	213,649	53.0
	Democratic	Hillary Scholten	189,769	47.0
	Independent	Richard Fuentes (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			403,419	100.0
	Republican gain from Libertarian