ALABAMA'S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

'Alabama's Third Congressional District' is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses Cherokee, Calhoun, Talladega, Cleburne, Clay, Randolph, Chambers, Lee, Russell, Macon, and Tallapoosa. It also includes parts of Montgomery and Coosa Counties.
It is currently represented by Republican Mike Rogers.

Contents

Character

Representation

Election results

2004

External links

Character

The third district is centred geographically and culturally around Lineville. The area is heavily influence by the presence of the military - Calhoun country is home to the Anniston Army Depot and formerly home of Fort McClellan until its closure in 1999. Clay county has one of the highest concentrations of guard enlistments and reservists in the state and in fact the south in general. There is also a large military installation located at Phenix City which plays a very large part in the surrounding economy.
Politically this was once the heartland of the Democratic Party, the home of populist white Democrats. However slowly the district's character has come to be affected by new industries - a large manufacturing sector and business brought by the interstate in Talladega County. With the movement of most employment away from farming and the military and into the industrial sectors - and an on average wage rise of 22% over the past 3 years - this area has become one of the more competitive districts in the South. Although Republicans have held the seat since 1997, Democratic challengers can still be competitive in elections and this seat is not quite as safe is its neighbours. George W. Bush won 58% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +4.

Representation

Party and Year	Representative
2003 - present	Mike D. Rogers
1997 - 2003	Bob Riley
1989 - 1997	Glen Browder
1973 - 1989	Bill Nichols
1971 - 1973	Elizabeth B. Andrews
1943 - 1973	George W. Andrews
1915 - 1943	Henry B. Steagall
1913 - 1915	William O. Mulkey
1897 - 1913	Henry D. Clayton
1894 - 1897	George P. Harrison
1881 - 1894	William C. Oates
1879 - 1881	William J. Samford
1877 - 1879	Jeremiah N. Williams
1875 - 1877	Taul Bradford
1873 - 1875	Charles Pelham
1871 - 1873	William Handey
1869 - 1871	Robert S. Heflin
1867 - 1869	Benjamin W. Norris
1861 - 1867	'''Civil War'''
1859 - 1861	David Clopton
1855 - 1859	James F. Dowdell
1847 - 1855	Sampson W. Harris
1846 - 1847	James La Fayette Cotrell
1844 - 1846	William L. Yancey
1841 - 1844	Dixon H. Lewis
1838 - 1841	George W. Crabb
1835 - 1838	Joab Lawler
1833 - 1835	Samuel W. Mardis
1829 - 1833	Dixon H. Lewis
1823 - 1829	George W. Owen

Election results

2004

Main articles: U.S. House election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Republican Party	Mike D. Rogers	150,411	61.2	Democratic Party	Bill Fuller	95,240	38.8

External links

★ [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/AL/H/03/ CNN coverage of the 2006 election

★ CNN coverage of the 2004 election

★ CNN coverage of the 2002 election

★ CNN coverage of the 2000 election