- Lead
- 14,161
- Total
- 41,329
- vs nation
- D+35.7
Minnesota 39th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,654
- Total
- 44,916
- vs nation
- D+32.6
- Lead
- 10,606
- Total
- 40,855
- vs nation
- D+23.9
- Lead
- 12,509
- Total
- 41,688
- vs nation
- D+26.2
- Lead
- 12,215
- Total
- 41,097
- vs nation
- D+22.5
- Lead
- 9,759
- Total
- 39,383
- vs nation
- D+27.2
- Lead
- 8,519
- Total
- 34,199
- vs nation
- D+24.4
- Lead
- 11,158
- Total
- 31,246
- vs nation
- D+27.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+34.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,6082024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,917 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 21.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,4582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.2 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 51, MN · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
Minnesota 39th 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
72.4%
12,283 votes · D+45.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 67.2%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
72.2%
1,050 votes · R+53.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 63.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
30,200votes
67.2% of the vote · D+37.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,020 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
14,574votes
37.0% of the vote · D+24.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 14,119 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
Walter Mondale1984
+41.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+23.6 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +38.3 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+33.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.2 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +16.3 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 | 52.3%23,502 | 47.7%21,419 | 44,921 |
| 2020 | R | 42.6%13,694 | 57.4%18,430 | 32,124 |
Minnesota 39th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.2 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.3 points.
A population of 84,608, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,458 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 51 and State Senate District 64.
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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