Colorado's 3rd congressional district

Colorado's 3rd congressional district
Colorado's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Scott Tipton (R–Cortez)
Cook PVI	R+4

Colorado's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. The district takes in most of the rural Western Slope in the state's western third, with a tendril in the south taking in the southern portions of the Eastern Plains. It includes the cities of Grand Junction, Durango and Pueblo.

The district is currently represented by Republican Scott R. Tipton who defeated Democratic incumbent John Salazar in 2010.

The district is mainly rural and Republican (though not as much as the neighboring 4th district); however, there is some Democratic support in tourist counties and Pueblo, keeping the seat somewhat competitive.

Following the 1990 U.S. Census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 3rd Congressional district consisted of Alamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Lake, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel and Summit counties, as well as portions of Douglas, Fremont, and Jefferson counties.

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