- Lead
- 9,854
- Total
- 15,506
- vs nation
- D+65.0
Minnesota State House District 59A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,878
- Total
- 17,707
- vs nation
- D+62.6
- Lead
- 10,279
- Total
- 16,002
- vs nation
- D+62.1
- Lead
- 9,664
- Total
- 15,434
- vs nation
- D+58.8
- Lead
- 9,543
- Total
- 15,124
- vs nation
- D+55.8
- Lead
- 8,228
- Total
- 14,190
- vs nation
- D+60.4
- Lead
- 6,318
- Total
- 12,411
- vs nation
- D+50.4
- Lead
- 6,233
- Total
- 11,854
- vs nation
- D+44.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+63.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,4302024 5-year
- Population density
- 6,844 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,5002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82.1 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.3 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59B, MN · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 59A · 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
91.1%
51 votes · D+82.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 81.9%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
70.6%
417 votes · R+54.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 42.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,499votes
81.9% of the vote · D+67.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 12,471 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
2,917votes
20.6% of the vote · D+58.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,917 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
+65.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +64.3 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+34.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.3 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +1.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+63.5, this Minneapolis-area district ranks among the most heavily partisan in the state legislature, reflecting dense urban settlement patterns typical of core city precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.1 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 54.3 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.5 points.
A population of 42,430, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,500 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59B and State House District 65A.
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 59A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2759A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.