- Lead
- 4,999
- Total
- 55,129
- vs nation
- D+10.5
Minnesota 36th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,349
- Total
- 55,356
- vs nation
- D+5.2
- Lead
- 740
- Total
- 50,146
- vs nation
- R+0.6
- Lead
- 567
- Total
- 51,726
- vs nation
- R+5.0
- Lead
- 1,089
- Total
- 51,299
- vs nation
- R+9.4
- Lead
- 4,268
- Total
- 50,895
- vs nation
- R+5.9
- Lead
- 4,567
- Total
- 45,180
- vs nation
- R+10.6
- Lead
- 1,217
- Total
- 39,913
- vs nation
- R+5.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,8272024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,369 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 62.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $108,3152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+12.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71.1 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 33, MN · twin score 95.4
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 36th 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
54.8%
14,931 votes · D+10.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 53.6%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
82.9%
3,707 votes · R+71.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 73.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
29,691votes
53.6% of the vote · D+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 29,427 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
27,287votes
53.6% of the vote · R+8.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 25,696 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
+10.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +5.2 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+51.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+71.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +43.0 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 | D | 61.2%26,650 | 38.8%16,925 | 43,575 |
Minnesota 36th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 71.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.1 points.
A population of 85,827, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,315 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 33 and State Senate District 45.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Minnesota 36th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/27036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.