- Lead
- 5,187
- Total
- 19,745
- vs nation
- D+27.7
Minnesota State House District 39A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,338
- Total
- 21,552
- vs nation
- D+25.0
- Lead
- 3,656
- Total
- 19,464
- vs nation
- D+16.7
- Lead
- 5,465
- Total
- 19,807
- vs nation
- D+23.7
- Lead
- 5,376
- Total
- 19,474
- vs nation
- D+20.3
- Lead
- 4,405
- Total
- 18,416
- vs nation
- D+26.4
- Lead
- 4,397
- Total
- 15,636
- vs nation
- D+27.6
- Lead
- 5,814
- Total
- 14,057
- vs nation
- D+32.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3552024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,258 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,4762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.4 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 65B, MN · twin score 86.7
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 39A · 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
81.5%
4,472 votes · D+63.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · 79.4%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
66.1%
78 votes · R+36.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,647votes
63.3% of the vote · D+29.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 12,442 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,309votes
33.9% of the vote · D+29.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 6,977 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
Harry S. Truman1948
+55.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +54.0 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+16.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.4 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +6.5 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 | R | 42.6%9,671 | 57.4%13,040 | 22,711 |
District 39A sits within the Twin Cities metro and leans heavily Democratic in statewide contests, with a 2024 presidential margin of D+26.3 — placing it among Minnesota's more lopsided legislative districts by vote share.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 36.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.3 points.
A population of 42,355, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,476 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 65B and State House District 39B.
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 39A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2739A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.