- Lead
- 9,355
- Total
- 26,002
- vs nation
- R+34.5
Minnesota State House District 17B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,935
- Total
- 25,153
- vs nation
- R+40.0
- Lead
- 8,663
- Total
- 22,072
- vs nation
- R+41.3
- Lead
- 7,300
- Total
- 21,646
- vs nation
- R+37.6
- Lead
- 6,235
- Total
- 20,998
- vs nation
- R+37.0
- Lead
- 7,261
- Total
- 20,406
- vs nation
- R+33.1
- Lead
- 5,366
- Total
- 17,031
- vs nation
- R+32.0
- Lead
- 1,235
- Total
- 14,345
- vs nation
- R+17.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,4392024 5-year
- Population density
- 53 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 798 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,2482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, ND · twin score 92.5
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 17B · 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
70.6%
6,016 votes · D+42.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 55.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
86.1%
6,334 votes · R+76.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 76.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,056votes
31.0% of the vote · R+36.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,838 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,411votes
67.0% of the vote · R+36.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,773 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+24.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +2.3 pts
Republican
Wendell Willkie1940
+61.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.0 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +57.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 35.1%8,681 | 64.9%16,021 | 24,702 |
District 17B posted a 36.0-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it an outlier in a state that has trended competitive statewide. Its rural character and small population base have kept it firmly outside swing-district territory for years.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 76.3 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 36.0 points.
A population of 42,439, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,248 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 47 and State House District 24.
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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Minnesota State House District 17B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2717B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.