Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
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Minnesota's 4th Congressional District |
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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 |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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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:
- Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
- Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum (D) | 67.3 | 242,802 |
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | May Lor Xiong | 63.0 | 7,777 | |
![]() | Gene Rechtzigel | 37.0 | 4,558 |
Total votes: 12,335 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Casey (R)
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Minnesota
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Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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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." |
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 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe 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 | ||||||
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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.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Minnesota.
Minnesota U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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
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 | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
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 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
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 |
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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 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Minnesota's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Minnesota | |||
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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 | |
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Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Minnesota State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 34 | |
Republican Party | 33 | |
Independent | 0 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 67 |
Minnesota House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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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 |
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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
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum (D) | 67.6 | 200,055 |
May Lor Xiong (R) ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum | 83.4 | 58,043 |
![]() | Amane Badhasso ![]() | 15.2 | 10,557 | |
![]() | Fasil Moghul | 1.4 | 997 |
Total votes: 69,597 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Evan Kail (D)
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 | ||
✔ | May Lor Xiong ![]() | 44.1 | 9,574 | |
Jerry Silver ![]() | 34.1 | 7,399 | ||
![]() | Gene Rechtzigel | 21.9 | 4,753 |
Total votes: 21,726 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mikki Murray (R)
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum (D) | 63.2 | 245,813 |
![]() | Gene Rechtzigel (R) | 29.0 | 112,730 | |
![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum | 84.0 | 80,048 |
Alberder Gillespie | 6.6 | 6,327 | ||
![]() | Tiffini Flynn Forslund ![]() | 4.5 | 4,312 | |
![]() | David Sandbeck ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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
- Travis Ekbom (R)
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Susan Pendergast Sindt | 100.0 | 618 |
Total votes: 618 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Betty McCollum (D) | 66.0 | 216,865 |
![]() | Greg Ryan (R) | 29.7 | 97,747 | |
![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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
- Fasil Moghul (D)
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Greg Ryan | 100.0 | 23,021 |
Total votes: 23,021 | ||||
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ Progressive Party