CQ Risk Rating: Safe Democrat 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Leonard L. Boswell (D) | 156,327 | 63% |
| Jay B. Marcus (R) | 83,810 | 34% |
| Sue Atkinson (INDC) | 5,563 | 2% |
| Joe Seehusen (LIBERT) | 2,263 | 1% |
| Jim Hennager (EF) | 851 | 0% |
| write-ins | 112 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: JUNE 6, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Leonard L. Boswell | 20,204 | 99% |
| write-ins | 106 | 1% |
| | Republican |
| Jay B. Marcus | 11,103 | 51% |
| Phil Ferren | 10,551 | 49% |
| write-ins | 78 | 0% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
IOWA 3
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South Central - Ames; Burlington
Taking in 27 counties, nearly 14,000 square miles and six media markets,
the 3rd gives a fair picture of Iowa. It includes relatively well-off urban
and suburban areas, as well as rural counties, industrial cities and
scattered towns with hopes for economic development.
Ames is the district's largest city and is home to Iowa State U., about
30 miles north of Des Moines (in the neighboring 4th District). About
one-fourth of the district's residents live in the counties near Des Moines.
The 3rd's other population center is along the Mississippi River in the
district's southeast, in Des Moines and Lee counties. Unions still have
influence in the area, but an economy once centered on manufacturing is
headed toward tourism and riverboat gambling. The rest of the district's
residents are spread across Iowa's agriculture-based southern tier.
While the 3rd leaned Democratic historically, it has turned into a swing
district in recent years. Democrats do well in blue-collar communities along
the Mississippi River, as well as in Ames and surrounding Story County,
although the latter is willing to split tickets. The GOP is strong in the
district's vast, rural southern tier.
Major Industry
Manufacturing, textiles, tourism
Population
555,299 (1990)
Cities
Ames, 47,698; Burlington, 26,853; Marshalltown, 25,321 (1996)
People
46% rural; 17% age 65+ (ranks second of five in state; top third
nationally); 61% married couples, 27% married couples with children; 16%
college educated (ranks third of five in state; middle third nationally);
49% white collar (ranks third of five in state; bottom third nationally),
29% blue collar (ranks first of five in state; middle third nationally)
(1990)
Race
98% white, 1% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$24,767 (ranks fourth of five in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
F.L. Maytag built the first mechanized washer in 1909 in Newton; Wyatt Earp,
the famous western lawman and gunfighter, grew up in Pella; Mamie Doud
Eisenhower, wife of President Dwight Eisenhower, born in Boone in 1896.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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