- Lead
- 12,038
- Total
- 15,996
- vs nation
- D+76.7
Minnesota State House District 62A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,791
- Total
- 20,147
- vs nation
- D+78.9
- Lead
- 14,115
- Total
- 18,618
- vs nation
- D+75.0
- Lead
- 13,801
- Total
- 17,517
- vs nation
- D+74.9
- Lead
- 13,755
- Total
- 17,306
- vs nation
- D+72.2
- Lead
- 12,247
- Total
- 16,055
- vs nation
- D+78.7
- Lead
- 9,672
- Total
- 13,941
- vs nation
- D+68.9
- Lead
- 8,595
- Total
- 13,437
- vs nation
- D+59.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+75.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,7142024 5-year
- Population density
- 15,820 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,9142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.9 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.5 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 62B, MN · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 62A · 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
96.4%
243 votes · D+92.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 90.5%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
33.6%
222 votes · D+5.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 27.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,235votes
90.5% of the vote · D+83.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 15,697 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
1,783votes
11.1% of the vote · D+76.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 1,782 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
Walter Mondale1984
+87.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.9 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +86.2 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
−13.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.5 · U.S. R+25.2 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · −25.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+75.3, this Minneapolis-area district ranks among the most heavily Democratic state house seats in Minnesota, reflecting a dense, urban electorate that votes with striking consistency across election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.9 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 11.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 75.3 points.
A population of 42,714, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,914 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 62B and State House District 59B.
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 62A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2762A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.