- Lead
- 11,340
- Total
- 22,943
- vs nation
- R+48.0
Missouri 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,351
- Total
- 22,566
- vs nation
- R+54.8
- Lead
- 10,659
- Total
- 20,540
- vs nation
- R+54.0
- Lead
- 10,173
- Total
- 20,152
- vs nation
- R+54.3
- Lead
- 9,284
- Total
- 20,827
- vs nation
- R+51.8
- Lead
- 10,410
- Total
- 20,024
- vs nation
- R+49.5
- Lead
- 7,501
- Total
- 17,438
- vs nation
- R+43.5
- Lead
- 5,481
- Total
- 15,383
- vs nation
- R+44.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 38,4322024 5-year
- Population density
- 106 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 364 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,6572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+3.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 110, KS · twin score 93.3
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 59th State House District · 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
51.7%
3,716 votes · D+3.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 48.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
84.3%
10,239 votes · R+68.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 81.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,679votes
27.3% of the vote · R+44.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,646 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,986votes
74.0% of the vote · R+49.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,777 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+1.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+18.2 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · −3.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+54.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.3 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +54.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 27.3%5,181 | 72.7%13,808 | 18,989 |
| 2018 | R | 29.5%4,812 | 70.5%11,499 | 16,311 |
Missouri 59th State House District sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 3.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 68.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.4 points.
A population of 38,432, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,657 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 110 and State House District 118.
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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Missouri 59th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/29059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.