Minnesota 3rd Congressional District (MN) — Elections 1876–2024

Minnesota 3rd Congressional District, Minnesota: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+41%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+41MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 1,040,2452024 5-year
Median household income: $97,7632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 66.5%2024 5-year
Black: 13.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 7.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+42 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+60 in 1904MIT Election Lab

MORRISON, KellyCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: PHILLIPS, Dean (2023–2025), PHILLIPS, Dean (2021–2023), PHILLIPS, Dean (2019–2021), PAULSEN, Erik (2017–2019)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 1 D · 1 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+41.2%	408,344	165,239	590,144
2020	D	+42.1%	432,453	172,056	618,765
2016	D	+33.8%	348,127	159,875	556,261
2012	D	+26.3%	344,851	198,431	556,383
2008	D	+27.8%	342,318	191,082	543,076
2004	D	+19.3%	312,202	210,335	529,073
2000	D	+13.9%	250,462	185,157	468,624
1996	D	+21.1%	232,216	141,829	427,508
1992	D	+16.8%	226,377	146,205	477,677
1988	D	+9.8%	238,002	195,132	437,553
1984	D	+3.5%	221,076	206,055	429,496
1980	D	+8.9%	194,543	157,964	409,750
1976	D	+9.7%	208,932	171,144	391,500
1972	R	−5.2%	166,408	184,881	358,175
1968	D	+12.5%	177,881	136,871	328,502
1964	D	+21.9%	194,672	124,456	319,909
1960	R	−2.6%	151,724	159,843	312,321
1956	R	−10.1%	120,041	146,930	267,391
1952	R	−7.3%	124,694	144,466	270,295
1948	D	+11.0%	121,809	96,983	226,116
1944	D	+12.0%	119,144	93,489	214,033
1940	D	+8.2%	116,257	98,446	216,488
1936	D	+25.7%	115,482	64,997	196,489
1932	D	+13.0%	95,468	72,893	174,157
1928	R	−21.4%	64,713	100,415	166,829
1924	R	−52.7%	8,657	80,931	137,134
1920	R	−44.0%	23,136	72,496	112,220
1916	D	+12.3%	29,132	22,404	54,901
1912	O	+2.4%	12,437	11,517	38,863
1908	R	−24.6%	12,949	22,291	37,926
1904	R	−60.4%	4,576	25,203	34,175
1900	R	−28.9%	11,611	21,580	34,549
1896	R	−13.1%	16,430	21,491	38,712
1892	D	+10.1%	16,516	13,179	33,067
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	56.2%	40.5%	3,189,323
2020	D	48.7%	43.5%	3,214,256
2018	D	60.3%	36.2%	2,596,879
2014	D	53.2%	42.9%	1,981,528
2012	D	65.2%	30.5%	2,843,207
2008	D	42.0%	42.0%	2,887,646
2006	D	58.1%	37.9%	2,202,772
2002	R	47.8%	49.5%	2,254,636
2000	D	48.8%	43.3%	2,419,520
1996	D	50.3%	41.3%	2,182,905
1994	R	44.1%	49.1%	1,772,929
1990	D	50.4%	47.8%	1,808,045
1988	R	40.9%	56.2%	2,093,953
1984	R	41.3%	58.1%	2,066,143
1982	R	46.6%	52.6%	1,804,675
1978	R	40.4%	56.6%	1,580,622
1976	D	67.5%	25.0%	1,912,020

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

23.5%

Irish

10.6%

English

7.9%

Polish

3.7%

French

2.7%

Italian

2.4%

American

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

1.9%

75–84

2.4%

4.4%

65–74

4.9%

6.0%

55–64

6.1%

5.9%

45–54

5.7%

7.5%

35–44

7.2%

8.1%

25–34

7.8%

4.2%

18–24

4.2%

8.0%

5–17

7.7%

3.0%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$97,763

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$97,763

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.9%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.9%

Working age (18–64)9.5%

Seniors (65+)10.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

81.9%

speak English only

Spanish5.6%

Other languages4.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander4.7%

Other Indo-European3.0%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

18.5%

Mainline Protestant

12.1%

Other Christian

8.0%

Non-Christian

7.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Methodist

1.3%

Baptist

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by Bloomington and Eden Prairie, MN-03 has shifted steadily leftward over two decades as its affluent, college-educated suburbs moved away from their historically Republican lean, producing a 19-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Minnesota 3rd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-two points in 2020; the 2024 margin was forty-one points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $97,763, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Minnesota vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Minnesota voted Democratic by 41.2 points (D+41), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 590,144 votes cast, 408,344 went Democratic and 165,239 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Minnesota's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Minnesota as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Minnesota last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Minnesota voted Republican was 1972.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Minnesota?

Congressional District 3, Minnesota has a population of 1,040,245 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Minnesota?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Minnesota is $97,763 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Minnesota?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Minnesota 3rd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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