- Lead
- 5,807
- Total
- 49,106
- vs nation
- R+10.4
Minnesota 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,649
- Total
- 48,291
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 4,226
- Total
- 45,648
- vs nation
- R+11.3
- Lead
- 4,995
- Total
- 46,313
- vs nation
- D+6.9
- Lead
- 7,548
- Total
- 47,831
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 1,976
- Total
- 48,034
- vs nation
- D+6.6
- Lead
- 620
- Total
- 42,328
- vs nation
- D+0.9
- Lead
- 4,383
- Total
- 39,361
- vs nation
- D+2.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,0032024 5-year
- Population density
- 43 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,964 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,8862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.1 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 32, IA · twin score 89.2
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 26th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
59.1%
20,669 votes · D+18.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 56.9%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
78.7%
18,661 votes · R+61.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
27,113votes
56.7% of the vote · D+15.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 25,080 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
26,953votes
54.9% of the vote · R+11.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 25,414 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
Barack Obama2008
+8.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.8 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +6.9 pts
Republican
Wendell Willkie1940
+35.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.1 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +34.9 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 | 41.4%19,449 | 58.6%27,488 | 46,937 |
| 2020 | — | 50.0%22,078 | 50.0%22,078 | 44,156 |
Covering a stretch of greater Minnesota with a population near 85,000, this district shifted noticeably rightward in 2024, posting an R+11.8 presidential margin that outpaced the statewide result by a significant gap.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.8 points.
A population of 85,003, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,886 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 32 and State Senate District 23.
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 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/27026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.