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Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

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Minnesota's 4th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 4, 2024
Primary: August 13, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Minnesota
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 4th Congressional District of Minnesota, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 13, 2024. The filing deadline was June 4, 2024.

This race was one of 75 races in 2024 that was a rematch of the 2022 election. In 2024, Democrats won 39 of these matches, while Republicans won 36 of them. Democrats won 38 of those districts in 2022, and Republicans won 37.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 67.6%-32.3%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 67.8%-30.2%.[3]

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated May Lor Xiong in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum (D)
 
67.3
 
242,802
Image of May Lor Xiong
May Lor Xiong (R)
 
32.6
 
117,618
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
623

Total votes: 361,043
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
 
100.0
 
37,530

Total votes: 37,530
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

May Lor Xiong defeated Gene Rechtzigel in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of May Lor Xiong
May Lor Xiong
 
63.0
 
7,777
Image of Gene Rechtzigel
Gene Rechtzigel
 
37.0
 
4,558

Total votes: 12,335
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Minnesota

Election information in Minnesota: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 15, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 15, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 4, 2024
  • Online: Nov. 4, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Sep. 20, 2024 to Nov. 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Betty McCollum Democratic Party $1,789,789 $1,542,549 $554,919 As of December 31, 2024
Gene Rechtzigel Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
May Lor Xiong Republican Party $95,139 $95,139 $0 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Minnesota in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Minnesota, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Minnesota U.S. House Ballot-qualified party[8] 1,000 $300.00 6/4/2024 Source
Minnesota U.S. House Unaffiliated 1,000 N/A 6/4/2024 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Minnesota.

Minnesota U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 8 8 1 29 16 4 6 62.5% 6 85.7%
2022 8 8 1 32 16 5 4 56.3% 4 50.0%
2020 8 8 0 37 16 4 6 62.5% 6 75.0%
2018 8 8 3 38 16 5 5 62.5% 2 40.0%
2016 8 8 1 30 16 3 5 50.0% 3 42.9%
2014 8 8 1 19 16 1 2 18.8% 0 0.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Minnesota in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 10, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-nine candidates ran for Minnesota’s eight U.S. House districts, including 14 Democrats and 15 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.63 candidates per district. There were 4.00 candidates per district in 2022, 4.63 candidates per district in 2020 and 4.75 in 2018.

The 29 candidates who ran in Minnesota in 2024 are the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 19 candidates ran.


The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in Minnesota in 2024. Incumbent Rep. Dean Phillips (D-03) did not run for re-election to run for President of the United States.

Five candidates—four Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 5th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Minnesota in 2024.

Ten primaries—four Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 primaries were contested each election cycle.

Six incumbents—two Democrats and four Republicans—ran in contested primaries in 2024, tying with 2020 for the most in the last 10 years.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 4th the 86th most Democratic district nationally.[9]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Minnesota's 4th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
67.8% 30.2%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[10] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
64.9 30.8 D+34.1

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2020

Minnesota presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 20 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P[11] R R R R D D D D D R R D D D R D D D D D D D D D D D D
See also: Party control of Minnesota state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Minnesota's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Minnesota
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 4 6
Republican 0 4 4
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 8 10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Minnesota's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Minnesota, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Tim Walz
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Peggy Flanagan
Secretary of State Democratic Party Steve Simon
Attorney General Democratic Party Keith Ellison

State legislature

Minnesota State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 34
     Republican Party 33
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 67

Minnesota House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 70
     Republican Party 60
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 134

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Minnesota Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R R R R R R R I I I I R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R D D D D R R R R R R D D
House D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D R R D D R R R R D D D D D D

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated May Lor Xiong and Diane Peterson in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum (D)
 
67.6
 
200,055
Image of May Lor Xiong
May Lor Xiong (R) Candidate Connection
 
32.3
 
95,493
Diane Peterson (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
11
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
414

Total votes: 295,973
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Amane Badhasso and Fasil Moghul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
 
83.4
 
58,043
Image of Amane Badhasso
Amane Badhasso Candidate Connection
 
15.2
 
10,557
Image of Fasil Moghul
Fasil Moghul
 
1.4
 
997

Total votes: 69,597
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

May Lor Xiong defeated Jerry Silver and Gene Rechtzigel in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of May Lor Xiong
May Lor Xiong Candidate Connection
 
44.1
 
9,574
Image of Jerry Silver
Jerry Silver Candidate Connection
 
34.1
 
7,399
Image of Gene Rechtzigel
Gene Rechtzigel
 
21.9
 
4,753

Total votes: 21,726
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Gene Rechtzigel and Susan Pendergast Sindt in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum (D)
 
63.2
 
245,813
Image of Gene Rechtzigel
Gene Rechtzigel (R)
 
29.0
 
112,730
Image of Susan Pendergast Sindt
Susan Pendergast Sindt (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)
 
7.6
 
29,537
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
1,034

Total votes: 389,114
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Alberder Gillespie, Tiffini Flynn Forslund, David Sandbeck, and Reid Rossell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
 
84.0
 
80,048
Alberder Gillespie
 
6.6
 
6,327
Image of Tiffini Flynn Forslund
Tiffini Flynn Forslund Candidate Connection
 
4.5
 
4,312
Image of David Sandbeck
David Sandbeck Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
3,425
Reid Rossell
 
1.2
 
1,154

Total votes: 95,266
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Gene Rechtzigel defeated Sia Lo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gene Rechtzigel
Gene Rechtzigel
 
50.9
 
9,182
Sia Lo
 
49.1
 
8,866

Total votes: 18,048
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Susan Pendergast Sindt advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pendergast Sindt
Susan Pendergast Sindt
 
100.0
 
618

Total votes: 618
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Greg Ryan and Susan Pendergast Sindt in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum (D)
 
66.0
 
216,865
Image of Greg Ryan
Greg Ryan (R)
 
29.7
 
97,747
Image of Susan Pendergast Sindt
Susan Pendergast Sindt (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
4.2
 
13,776
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
226

Total votes: 328,614
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Muad Hassan and Reid Rossell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
 
91.0
 
86,842
Muad Hassan
 
5.7
 
5,398
Reid Rossell
 
3.3
 
3,156

Total votes: 95,396
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Greg Ryan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Greg Ryan
Greg Ryan
 
100.0
 
23,021

Total votes: 23,021
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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
  9. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  10. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  11. Progressive Party


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