Editing Koochiching County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
From [[1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1932]] through [[1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1996]], Koochiching County voters tended Democratic, selecting the Democratic nominee in every election save [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]'s [[1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1972]] landslide. In [[2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2000]], [[George W. Bush]] became the first Republican to carry the county since 1972, despite narrowly losing the overall national popular vote. It returned to the Democratic column in the subsequent three elections, although none of the Democratic nominees in those three elections managed as high a vote share as [[Walter Mondale|Mondale]] in [[1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1984]] or [[Michael Dukakis|Dukakis]] in [[1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1988]]. In [[2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] became the second Republican since 1972 to carry the county, and carried it again in [[2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2020]], with an increased majority—the first time the county has ever voted Republican two elections in a row. Trump won Koochiching County for a third time in [[2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2024]], taking nearly 62% of the vote, becoming the first ever Republican to win more than 60% of the county's vote.
{{PresHead|place=Koochiching County, Minnesota|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 522 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 460 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 16 votes, and [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] candidate [[Arthur Reimer]] received 17 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,204|2,465|120|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,131|2,659|132|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,569|2,306|488|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|2,841|3,451|166|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,962|3,649|191|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|3,539|3,662|108|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,523|2,903|453|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,080|3,472|1,178|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,954|3,474|2,037|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,842|3,867|71|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|3,466|4,238|38|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,433|4,181|636|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,893|4,846|268|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,681|3,396|153|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,104|4,697|315|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,602|5,878|11|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,055|4,578|23|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,757|3,695|16|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,742|4,078|31|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,718|4,968|282|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,607|3,981|51|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,095|5,219|39|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,316|5,065|132|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,427|3,148|399|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,599|2,110|134|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,536|222|2,347|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,786|859|585|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|474|1,089|283|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|239|638|1,015|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1908|Republican|826|420|229|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=County Commission {{!}} Koochiching County, MN |url=https://www.co.koochiching.mn.us/149/County-Commission |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.koochiching.mn.us}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
!Next Election
|-
|
|Commissioner and Vice Chair
|Destry Hell
|District 1
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Ricky Roche
|District 2
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Terry Murray
|District 3
|2025
|-
|
|Commissioner and Board Chair
|Jason Sjoblom
|District 4
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Wayne Skoe
|District 5
|2025
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ State Legislature
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| [[Minnesota State Senate]]
| [[Grant Hauschild]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1252 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
| District 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| [[Minnesota State House of Representatives]]
| [[Roger Skraba]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Roger Skraba (03A) - Minnesota House of Representatives |url=https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15623 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |website=www.house.mn.gov}}</ref>
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| District 3A
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|[[Pete Stauber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Pete Stauber |url=https://stauber.house.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Representative Pete Stauber |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Minnesota's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Amy Klobuchar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.klobuchar.senate.gov}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Tina Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smith.senate.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Senator Tina Smith |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|}