- Lead
- 13,755
- Total
- 17,981
- vs nation
- D+78.0
Minnesota State House District 62B
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,963
- Total
- 20,685
- vs nation
- D+77.6
- Lead
- 14,290
- Total
- 19,070
- vs nation
- D+74.4
- Lead
- 13,990
- Total
- 17,801
- vs nation
- D+74.7
- Lead
- 13,912
- Total
- 17,646
- vs nation
- D+71.6
- Lead
- 12,413
- Total
- 16,429
- vs nation
- D+78.0
- Lead
- 9,861
- Total
- 14,251
- vs nation
- D+68.7
- Lead
- 8,690
- Total
- 13,873
- vs nation
- D+58.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+76.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,5272024 5-year
- Population density
- 10,372 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,7312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.0 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.1 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 62A, MN · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota State House District 62B · 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
99.0%
292 votes · D+98.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Winfield S. Hancock, 1880 · 98.4%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
28.7%
195 votes · D+20.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 27.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,593votes
89.9% of the vote · D+82.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 15,984 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
1,872votes
11.4% of the vote · D+75.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 1,872 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
+86.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.4 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +85.5 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
−14.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −30.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+76.5, this Minneapolis-area district ranks among the most lopsided in the state, reflecting a dense, highly urbanized electorate that votes with striking consistency across federal and local races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.0 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 11.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.5 points.
A population of 42,527, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,731 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 62A 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 62B. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2762B/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.