- Lead
- 3,940
- Total
- 27,501
- vs nation
- D+15.8
Minnesota State House District 56B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,755
- Total
- 26,840
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 1,023
- Total
- 22,848
- vs nation
- D+2.4
- Lead
- 647
- Total
- 22,762
- vs nation
- R+1.0
- Lead
- 1,192
- Total
- 22,238
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 483
- Total
- 21,316
- vs nation
- D+0.2
- Lead
- 189
- Total
- 17,929
- vs nation
- R+1.6
- Lead
- 1,956
- Total
- 15,171
- vs nation
- D+4.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3332024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,764 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 24 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $134,4972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.8 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48B, MN · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 56B · 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
67.3%
2,806 votes · D+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 66.0%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
69.7%
280 votes · R+41.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 65.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
15,354votes
55.8% of the vote · D+14.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 14,985 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
11,414votes
41.5% of the vote · D+14.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,230 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
+28.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+10.6 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · +25.1 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+22.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +11.2 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 | 60.1%14,186 | 39.9%9,429 | 23,615 |
| 2020 | D | 54.5%12,493 | 45.5%10,436 | 22,929 |
Minnesota State House District 56B sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.8 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 14.3 points.
A population of 42,333, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $134,497 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48B and State House District 52B.
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 56B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2756B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.