- Lead
- 11,118
- Total
- 51,894
- vs nation
- R+20.0
Minnesota 20th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,988
- Total
- 51,018
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 9,661
- Total
- 45,398
- vs nation
- R+23.4
- Lead
- 3,342
- Total
- 45,242
- vs nation
- R+11.2
- Lead
- 2,392
- Total
- 45,139
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 4,163
- Total
- 44,806
- vs nation
- R+6.8
- Lead
- 3,929
- Total
- 38,990
- vs nation
- R+10.6
- Lead
- 2,018
- Total
- 35,339
- vs nation
- R+2.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,7572024 5-year
- Population density
- 51 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,673 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,7712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 22, MN · twin score 90.5
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 20th 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
58.3%
12,406 votes · D+18.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 56.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
81.8%
14,994 votes · R+67.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 75.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
20,866votes
46.2% of the vote · R+5.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 20,384 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
30,981votes
59.7% of the vote · R+21.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 29,888 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+1.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · −0.9 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+41.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.4 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +36.0 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 | 40.8%19,966 | 59.2%28,967 | 48,933 |
| 2020 | R | 42.2%16,595 | 57.8%22,685 | 39,280 |
Minnesota 20th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 67.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.4 points.
A population of 84,757, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,771 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 22 and State Senate District 9.
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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Minnesota 20th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/27020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.