- Lead
- 6,782
- Total
- 87,490
- vs nation
- R+6.3
Washington 39th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,370
- Total
- 88,056
- vs nation
- R+10.6
- Lead
- 6,138
- Total
- 71,846
- vs nation
- R+10.6
- Lead
- 6,271
- Total
- 67,062
- vs nation
- R+13.2
- Lead
- 4,729
- Total
- 65,300
- vs nation
- R+14.5
- Lead
- 11,583
- Total
- 61,878
- vs nation
- R+16.3
- Lead
- 9,640
- Total
- 52,920
- vs nation
- R+18.7
- Lead
- 4,865
- Total
- 46,886
- vs nation
- R+18.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 156,9662024 5-year
- Population density
- 56 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,781 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $108,1502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.4 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.5 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 31, WA · twin score 90.8
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 39th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
56.0%
5,208 votes · D+16.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 54.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
79.7%
6,281 votes · R+61.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 78.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
39,622votes
45.0% of the vote · R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 38,630 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
45,412votes
51.9% of the vote · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 44,992 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
−6.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+7.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · −6.7 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+47.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +43.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 75.9%37,024 | 24.1%11,729 | 48,753 |
Washington's 39th sits in the north Puget Sound region, where exurban growth and a mix of rural and suburban voters have produced presidential margins in the single to low double digits, making it a district campaigns in both parties watch closely.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 67.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.8 points.
A population of 156,966, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,150 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 31 and Legislative (House) District 2.
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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Washington 39th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/53039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.