Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
	Mississippi's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Michael Guest; R–Brandon
Area	12,185.28 sq mi (31,559.7 km2)
Distribution	59.67% rural; 40.33% urban;
Population (2019)	738,992
Median household; income	$49,863
Ethnicity	60.0% White; 35.4% Black; 2.4% Hispanic; 1.2% Asian; 1.0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+13

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Mississippi. The district is in the middle of the state and goes from the border of Louisiana in the west to the border of Alabama in the east. The large cities in the district include Meridian, Starkville, Pearl, and Natchez. It also includes most of the wealthier parts of Jackson. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The current representative is Republican Michael Guest.

Election history

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2012 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	234,717	80.0
	Reform	John Luke Pannell	58,605	20.0
Total votes			293,322	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	117,771	68.9
	Democratic	Doug Magee	47,744	27.9
	Independent	Roger Gerrard	3,890	2.3
	Reform	Barbara Dale Washer	1,541	0.9
Total votes			170,946	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2016 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Harper (incumbent)	209,490	66.2
	Democratic	Dennis C. Quinn	96,101	30.4
	Independent	Roger Gerrard	8,696	2.7
	Reform	Lajena Sheets	2,158	0.7
Total votes			316,445	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Guest	160,284	62.3
	Democratic	Michael Evans	94,461	36.7
	Reform	Matthew Holland	2,526	1.0
Total votes			257,271	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2020^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Guest (incumbent)	221,064	64.7
	Democratic	Dorothy "Dot" Benford	120,782	35.3
Total votes			341,846	100.0
	Republican hold

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "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.
↑ "Secretary of State Elections". State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
↑ "Mississippi General Election 2014". Mississippi Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "Mississippi General Election 2016". Mississippi Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
↑ "State of Mississippi OFFICIAL 2020 GENERAL ELECTION CERTIFIED RESULTS" (PDF). State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved December 28, 2020.