- Lead
- 2,358
- Total
- 27,222
- vs nation
- D+10.1
Massachusetts 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,632
- Total
- 27,313
- vs nation
- D+8.8
- Lead
- 317
- Total
- 25,601
- vs nation
- R+0.9
- Lead
- 2,619
- Total
- 24,153
- vs nation
- R+14.7
- Lead
- 1,615
- Total
- 23,259
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 1,707
- Total
- 22,053
- vs nation
- R+5.3
- Lead
- 569
- Total
- 20,952
- vs nation
- R+3.2
- Lead
- 851
- Total
- 19,671
- vs nation
- R+4.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+8.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,2912024 5-year
- Population density
- 315 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 138 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $131,7342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 19th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 59th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
61.1%
10,117 votes · D+23.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 55.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
81.0%
7,472 votes · R+65.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 79.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,063votes
55.1% of the vote · D+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,419 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
16,166votes
75.8% of the vote · R+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 15,108 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+10.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+8.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +8.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+63.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+69.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +54.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 78.3%15,954 | 21.7%4,417 | 20,371 |
Covering part of Middlesex County northwest of Boston, this state house district returned a D+8.6 margin in 2024 — competitive enough to draw attention but comfortably outside toss-up territory in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 69.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.7 points.
A population of 43,291, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $131,734 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 19th Middlesex District and 9th Norfolk District.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Massachusetts 59th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.