- Lead
- 8,665
- Total
- 25,881
- vs nation
- R+32.0
Minnesota State House District 22B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,608
- Total
- 24,851
- vs nation
- R+35.1
- Lead
- 6,835
- Total
- 21,901
- vs nation
- R+33.3
- Lead
- 3,025
- Total
- 21,482
- vs nation
- R+17.9
- Lead
- 2,419
- Total
- 21,367
- vs nation
- R+18.6
- Lead
- 3,428
- Total
- 20,439
- vs nation
- R+14.3
- Lead
- 2,326
- Total
- 16,954
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 1,033
- Total
- 14,731
- vs nation
- R+1.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2972024 5-year
- Population density
- 65 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 655 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $97,4202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 12A, MN · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 22B · 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
69.1%
6,346 votes · D+39.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 62.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
70.2%
5,105 votes · R+43.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 66.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
9,244votes
43.3% of the vote · R+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 8,987 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,026votes
65.8% of the vote · R+33.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,953 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
Al Smith1928
+24.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+6.7 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +21.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+35.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +34.1 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 | 42.8%10,139 | 57.2%13,563 | 23,702 |
District 22B delivered a 33.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most lopsided legislative seats. Its rural character and modest population reflect the broader realignment of outstate Minnesota toward the Republican column.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 43.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.5 points.
A population of 42,297, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,420 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 12A and State House District 12B.
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 22B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2722B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.