Oklahoma's Third Congressional District is the largest congressional district in the state and one of the largest in the nation. The district reaches from the Panhandle in the northwest to the outskirts of the Tulsa area in the northeast, and nearly splits the state in two diagonally, reaching past Altus to the Red River in the far southwest corner of the state. According to 2000 census figures, more than 690,000 Oklahomans live in the Third Congressional District.

Among the principle cities in the district:

• Enid • Stillwater • Ponca City • Altus • Yukon • Sapulpa • El Reno • Mustang • Woodward • Elk City • Guymon • Guthrie • Weatherford • Clinton • Blackwell

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Oklahomans who have represented the Third District in Congress include former Speaker of the House Carl Albert, a Democrat who served his state and nation from his congressional seat for four decades. Democrats held the district's seat for all but one term from statehood in 1907 through the next 90 years.