- Lead
- 17,751
- Total
- 51,689
- vs nation
- R+32.9
Minnesota 13th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,193
- Total
- 49,964
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 16,611
- Total
- 45,817
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 9,060
- Total
- 44,626
- vs nation
- R+24.2
- Lead
- 6,919
- Total
- 44,486
- vs nation
- R+22.8
- Lead
- 8,479
- Total
- 42,925
- vs nation
- R+17.3
- Lead
- 6,879
- Total
- 35,164
- vs nation
- R+20.1
- Lead
- 374
- Total
- 30,357
- vs nation
- R+9.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,7502024 5-year
- Population density
- 124 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 694 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,0252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 29, MN · twin score 91.8
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 13th State Senate 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
75.4%
9,170 votes · D+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 64.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
87.7%
8,125 votes · R+78.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 67.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
18,344votes
41.2% of the vote · R+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 17,337 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
34,204votes
66.2% of the vote · R+34.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 32,534 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
Al Smith1928
+46.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.4 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +34.3 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+52.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+78.5 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +41.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 33.6%14,991 | 66.4%29,622 | 44,613 |
Minnesota 13th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 78.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.3 points.
A population of 85,750, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,025 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 29 and State Senate District 12.
The state-senate 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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