Iowa's 3rd Senate district


The 3rd district of the Iowa Senate, located in Northwestern Iowa, is currently composed of Buena Vista, Osceola, and O'Brien counties, and parts of Cherokee and Clay counties. 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 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

Source:
MapDescriptionYears effectiveNotes
Appanoose County
Davis County		1846–1849From 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 County1852–1855
Van Buren County1856–1859District 3 included a portion of district 2 during this period.
Davis County1860–1877
Appanoose County1878–1883
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		1971–1972In 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
Cherokee County
Clay County
Palo Alto County
Plymouth County
Pocahontas County
O'Brien County 		1973–1982
Plymouth County
Sioux County
Woodbury County 		1983–1992
Lyon County
O'Brien County
Osceola County
Sioux County		1993–2002
Clay County
Dickinson County
O'Brien County
Osceola County
Sioux County
2003–2012
Plymouth County
  • Excluding
  • *Meadow Township
  • *Remsen Township
  • *Henry Township
  • *Garfield Township
  • Including Kingsley, Iowa
    • Woodbury County
    		2013–2022
    Buena Vista CountyCherokee County
    Clay County
    O'Brien County
    Osceola County    		2023–present