- Lead
- 8,008
- Total
- 27,129
- vs nation
- R+28.0
Minnesota State House District 28B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,143
- Total
- 26,490
- vs nation
- R+31.4
- Lead
- 6,609
- Total
- 23,200
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 2,348
- Total
- 22,678
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 1,836
- Total
- 22,592
- vs nation
- R+15.4
- Lead
- 2,219
- Total
- 21,765
- vs nation
- R+7.7
- Lead
- 677
- Total
- 16,910
- vs nation
- R+4.5
- Lead
- 2,260
- Total
- 13,724
- vs nation
- D+7.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2332024 5-year
- Population density
- 151 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 279 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $102,9732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+84.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28A, MN · twin score 95.1
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 28B · 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
63.8%
3,394 votes · D+27.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 62.1%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
90.9%
1,825 votes · R+84.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 83.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
10,088votes
44.7% of the vote · R+8.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 9,893 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,316votes
63.8% of the vote · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,489 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
Jimmy Carter1976
+25.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+27.4 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +23.6 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+64.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+84.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +62.1 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 | 33.6%8,439 | 66.4%16,714 | 25,153 |
| 2020 | R | 33.4%7,532 | 66.6%14,996 | 22,528 |
District 28B recorded a 29.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the rural, agriculture-rooted character of its southwest Minnesota communities and a long-running shift away from its historically competitive past.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 84.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.5 points.
A population of 42,233, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,973 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28A and State House District 27B.
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 28B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2728B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.