- Lead
- 7,383
- Total
- 25,187
- vs nation
- D+30.8
Minnesota State House District 42B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,322
- Total
- 26,874
- vs nation
- D+22.8
- Lead
- 4,080
- Total
- 24,242
- vs nation
- D+14.7
- Lead
- 1,658
- Total
- 24,694
- vs nation
- D+2.9
- Lead
- 2,004
- Total
- 23,997
- vs nation
- D+1.1
- Lead
- 252
- Total
- 23,837
- vs nation
- D+1.4
- Lead
- 1,186
- Total
- 21,423
- vs nation
- R+6.1
- Lead
- 548
- Total
- 19,272
- vs nation
- R+5.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,5472024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,818 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $125,1732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29.3 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.7 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 49A, MN · twin score 99.3
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 42B · 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
Kamala Harris2024
63.4%
15,956 votes · D+29.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 62.5%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
77.5%
1,463 votes · R+67.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 71.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,800votes
62.5% of the vote · D+27.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,956 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
11,897votes
49.9% of the vote · R+1.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 11,829 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
+30.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +22.8 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+48.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +39.0 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 | 67.2%15,471 | 32.8%7,568 | 23,039 |
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+29.4 in 2024, compared with D+8.4 in 2008. In the 2024 ACS 5-year, 54.1% of adults held a bachelor's degree or higher.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.3 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 67.7 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.3 points.
A population of 42,547, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,173 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 49A and State House District 50A.
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 42B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2742B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.