- Lead
- 11,372
- Total
- 55,175
- vs nation
- D+22.1
Washington 29th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,449
- Total
- 62,035
- vs nation
- D+18.8
- Lead
- 8,896
- Total
- 48,285
- vs nation
- D+16.3
- Lead
- 10,728
- Total
- 46,291
- vs nation
- D+19.3
- Lead
- 10,810
- Total
- 44,376
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 6,241
- Total
- 41,228
- vs nation
- D+17.6
- Lead
- 6,987
- Total
- 35,946
- vs nation
- D+18.9
- Lead
- 7,650
- Total
- 32,436
- vs nation
- D+15.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 156,3092024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,570 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 34.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,9922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 44.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.6 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (Senate) District 38, WA · twin score 86.1
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 29th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
74.6%
7,319 votes · D+52.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 72.6%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
70.5%
1,034 votes · R+52.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 59.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,045votes
59.7% of the vote · D+23.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 32,264 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
22,596votes
36.4% of the vote · D+23.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 20,892 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
William J. Bryan1896
+32.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +31.2 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+32.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +18.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 59.7%32,044 | 40.3%21,650 | 53,694 |
Washington's 29th Senate District, anchored in the south Puget Sound region near Tacoma, consistently delivers double-digit Democratic margins in presidential contests, reflecting the area's mix of working-class and suburban households.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 156,309, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,992 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (Senate) District 38 and State Senate District 21.
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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Washington 29th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/53029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.