Besides Minneapolis, major cities in the district include Brooklyn Center, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, New Hope, Fridley, and a small portion of Edina.

[6] The contest between Knute Nelson and Charles F. Kindred involved graft, intimidation, and election fraud at every turn.

The Republican convention on July 12 in Detroit Lakes was compared to the historic Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

After a scuffle in the main conference center, the Kindred and Nelson campaigns nominated each of their candidates.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) has held the seat without interruption since 1963, and the Republicans have not tallied more than 40 percent of the vote in almost half a century.