- Lead
- 8,974
- Total
- 21,584
- vs nation
- D+43.0
Minnesota State House District 39B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,316
- Total
- 23,364
- vs nation
- D+39.7
- Lead
- 6,950
- Total
- 21,391
- vs nation
- D+30.4
- Lead
- 7,044
- Total
- 21,881
- vs nation
- D+28.3
- Lead
- 6,839
- Total
- 21,623
- vs nation
- D+24.4
- Lead
- 5,354
- Total
- 20,967
- vs nation
- D+28.0
- Lead
- 4,122
- Total
- 18,563
- vs nation
- D+21.7
- Lead
- 5,344
- Total
- 17,189
- vs nation
- D+22.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2532024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,913 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,4282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 64B, MN · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 39B · 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
Joe Biden2020
70.8%
16,553 votes · D+44.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 69.1%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
72.8%
972 votes · R+54.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 63.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,553votes
70.8% of the vote · D+44.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,915 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
7,660votes
36.5% of the vote · D+25.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 7,163 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
+43.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +39.7 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+35.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +17.3 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 | D | 59.5%12,998 | 40.5%8,852 | 21,850 |
District 39B posts presidential margins exceeding 40 points, reflecting a densely Democratic urban core where party competition at the legislative level is minimal and turnout patterns are shaped by a heavily renter, younger-skewing population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 54.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 42,253, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,428 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 64B and State House District 43B.
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 39B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2739B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.