Brown County, Minnesota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
65 precincts · 14,598 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-3 P-2NEW ULM W-3 P-2 | 442 | 601 | 30 | 1,073 | 41.2% | 56.0% | R+14.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-4 P-1NEW ULM W-4 P-1 | 364 | 668 | 18 | 1,050 | 34.7% | 63.6% | R+29.0 |
| Precinct -SLEEPY EYE W-2SLEEPY EYE W-2 | 260 | 772 | 18 | 1,050 | 24.8% | 73.5% | R+48.8 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-3 P-1NEW ULM W-3 P-1 | 403 | 614 | 21 | 1,038 | 38.8% | 59.2% | R+20.3 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-2 P-1NEW ULM W-2 P-1 | 392 | 584 | 20 | 996 | 39.4% | 58.6% | R+19.3 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-1 P-2NEW ULM W-1 P-2 | 434 | 500 | 30 | 964 | 45.0% | 51.9% | R+6.8 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-4 P-2NEW ULM W-4 P-2 | 353 | 540 | 39 | 932 | 37.9% | 57.9% | R+20.1 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-2 P-2NEW ULM W-2 P-2 | 327 | 571 | 21 | 919 | 35.6% | 62.1% | R+26.6 |
| Precinct -NEW ULM W-1 P-1NEW ULM W-1 P-1 | 327 | 531 | 26 | 884 | 37.0% | 60.1% | R+23.1 |
| Precinct -SLEEPY EYE W-1SLEEPY EYE W-1 | 188 | 490 | 10 | 688 | 27.3% | 71.2% | R+43.9 |
| Precinct -SPRINGFIELD W-2SPRINGFIELD W-2 | 146 | 383 | 12 | 541 | 27.0% | 70.8% | R+43.8 |
| Precinct -COTTONWOOD TWPCOTTONWOOD TWP | 127 | 398 | 11 | 536 | 23.7% | 74.3% | R+50.6 |
| Precinct -SPRINGFIELD W-1SPRINGFIELD W-1 | 139 | 361 | 7 | 507 | 27.4% | 71.2% | R+43.8 |
| Precinct -MILFORD TWPMILFORD TWP | 115 | 352 | 9 | 476 | 24.2% | 73.9% | R+49.8 |
| Precinct -HOME TWPHOME TWP | 42 | 279 | 5 | 326 | 12.9% | 85.6% | R+72.7 |
| Precinct -SIGEL TWPSIGEL TWP | 46 | 174 | 2 | 222 | 20.7% | 78.4% | R+57.7 |
| Precinct -COMFREYCOMFREY | 34 | 164 | 6 | 204 | 16.7% | 80.4% | R+63.7 |
| Precinct -LAKE HANSKA TWPLAKE HANSKA TWP | 70 | 125 | 5 | 200 | 35.0% | 62.5% | R+27.5 |
| Precinct -STARK TWPSTARK TWP | 20 | 177 | 2 | 199 | 10.1% | 88.9% | R+78.9 |
| Precinct -HANSKAHANSKA | 73 | 120 | 5 | 198 | 36.9% | 60.6% | R+23.7 |
| Precinct -ALBIN TWPALBIN TWP | 36 | 149 | 4 | 189 | 19.0% | 78.8% | R+59.8 |
| Precinct -BURNSTOWN TWPBURNSTOWN TWP | 27 | 148 | 3 | 178 | 15.2% | 83.1% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -NORTH STAR TWPNORTH STAR TWP | 22 | 149 | 2 | 173 | 12.7% | 86.1% | R+73.4 |
| Precinct -LEAVENWORTH TWPLEAVENWORTH TWP | 27 | 140 | 3 | 170 | 15.9% | 82.4% | R+66.5 |
| Precinct -LINDEN TWPLINDEN TWP | 50 | 115 | 4 | 169 | 29.6% | 68.0% | R+38.5 |
| Precinct -EDEN TWPEDEN TWP | 18 | 126 | 4 | 148 | 12.2% | 85.1% | R+73.0 |
| Precinct -BASHAW TWPBASHAW TWP | 17 | 125 | 2 | 144 | 11.8% | 86.8% | R+75.0 |
| Precinct -MULLIGAN TWPMULLIGAN TWP | 32 | 88 | 3 | 123 | 26.0% | 71.5% | R+45.5 |
| Precinct -STATELY TWPSTATELY TWP | 15 | 87 | 1 | 103 | 14.6% | 84.5% | R+69.9 |
| Precinct -PRAIRIEVILLE TWP P-1PRAIRIEVILLE TWP P-1 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 76 | 3.9% | 90.8% | R+86.8 |
| Precinct -PRAIRIEVILLE TWP P-7PRAIRIEVILLE TWP P-7 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 75 | 10.7% | 88.0% | R+77.3 |
| Precinct -EVANEVAN | 11 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 34.4% | 59.4% | R+25.0 |
| Precinct -COBDENCOBDEN | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 53.3% | 46.7% | D+6.7 |
| Albin Twp. Voting District27_270150005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Bashaw Twp. Voting District27_270150010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Burnstown Twp. Voting District27_270150015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Cobden Voting District27_270150020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Comfrey Voting District27_270150025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Cottonwood Twp. Voting District27_270150030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Eden Twp. Voting District27_270150035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Evan Voting District27_270150040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Hanska Voting District27_270150045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Home Twp. Voting District27_270150050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake Hanska Twp. Voting District27_270150055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Leavenworth Twp. Voting District27_270150060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Linden Twp. Voting District27_270150065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Milford Twp. Voting District27_270150070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Mulligan Twp. Voting District27_270150075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-1 P-127_270150080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-1 P-227_270150085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-2 P-127_270150090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-2 P-227_270150095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-3 P-127_270150100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-3 P-227_270150105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-4 P-127_270150110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| New Ulm W-4 P-227_270150115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| North Star Twp. Voting District27_270150120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Prairieville Twp. Voting District27_270150125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sigel Twp. Voting District27_270150130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sleepy Eye W-127_270150135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sleepy Eye W-227_270150140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Springfield W-127_270150145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Springfield W-227_270150150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Stark Twp. Voting District27_270150155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Stately Twp. Voting District27_270150160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +3.3% |
| 1896 | −10.0% |
| 1900 | −6.9% |
| 1904 | −39.7% |
| 1908 | +0.5% |
| 1912 | +28.1% |
| 1916 | −28.1% |
| 1920 | −69.7% |
| 1924 | −28.1% |
| 1928 | +19.2% |
| 1932 | +52.4% |
| 1936 | +38.6% |
| 1940 | −34.1% |
| 1944 | −42.0% |
| 1948 | −2.6% |
| 1952 | −44.4% |
| 1956 | −44.3% |
| 1960 | −13.9% |
| 1964 | +1.8% |
| 1968 | −19.9% |
| 1972 | −27.1% |
| 1976 | −12.0% |
| 1980 | −22.2% |
| 1984 | −30.3% |
| 1988 | −14.7% |
| 1992 | −8.2% |
| 1996 | −5.8% |
| 2000 | −21.2% |
| 2004 | −23.5% |
| 2008 | −12.1% |
| 2012 | −16.6% |
| 2016 | −35.9% |
| 2020 | −32.8% |
| 2024 | −35.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,223 |
| 2018 | 15,531 |
| 2020 | 16,782 |
| 2022 | 16,617 |
| 2024 | 17,355 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
0 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −975 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $58,742 in average income, against $85,675 for residents who stayed — 31% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+4.2 on average — 31 points more Democratic-leaning than Brown County, MN itself (R+35.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Nicollet County, MN57R+0.5
- Blue Earth County, MN42R+1.2
- Redwood County, MN33R+43.2
- Hennepin County, MN32D+42.4
- Watonwan County, MN23R+27.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Blue Earth County, MN67
- Nicollet County, MN58
- Hennepin County, MN37
- Redwood County, MN35
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −159 |
| 2012 | −270 |
| 2013 | −88 |
| 2014 | +1 |
| 2015 | +5 |
| 2016 | −4 |
| 2017 | −95 |
| 2018 | −41 |
| 2019 | −125 |
| 2021 | +27 |
| 2022 | −147 |
| 2023 | −57 |
| 2024 | −22 |
| 2025 | 0 |
Brown County's heavily German-Catholic settlement history anchored it to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor tradition for decades before a long partisan realignment; by 2024 it was returning presidential margins above R+35, among the wider shifts in rural southern Minnesota.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 69.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.0 points.
A population of 25,800, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,378 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Redwood County and Martin County.
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Brown County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27015/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.