Editing Northfield, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
The City of Northfield has a [[mayor-council government]]. The City Administrator is responsible for managing daily operations. The current mayor is Erica Zweifel.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.northfieldmn.gov/Directory.aspx?did=27 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |publisher=City of Northfield}}</ref> The city council consists of six members, four of whom represent city districts and two of whom are at-large members serving four year terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northfield City Charter: Section 3.3. - Council Composition and Election.|url=https://library.municode.com/mn/northfield/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTINOCH_CHTHREEFOGO_S3.3COCOEL|access-date=August 30, 2017}}</ref>

Northfield is represented by Minnesota State Senator [[Bill Lieske]] ([[Republican Party of Minnesota|R]]) in District 58 and State Representative [[Kristi Pursell]] ([[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|DFL]]) in District 58A.

In the United States Congress, Northfield is part of [[Minnesota's 2nd congressional district]], represented by [[Angie Craig]] ([[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|DFL]]) since 2019, and in the Senate by [[Tina Smith]] and [[Amy Klobuchar]], both members of Minnesota's [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]], an affiliate of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].
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|+ Precinct General Election Results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/|title=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State - Election Results}}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
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| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.4% ''2,966''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.4%''' ''8,436''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''254''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.4% ''2,764''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.9%''' ''7,280''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.7% ''841''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.6% ''3,307''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.7%''' ''7,569''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''309''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.8% ''3,065''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.7%''' ''7,795''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''161''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.7% ''3,234''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.0%''' ''6,839''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''136''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.2% ''2,752''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.4%''' ''5,245''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.4% ''834''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.5% ''2,006''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.4%''' ''4,769''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.1% ''519''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|24.8% ''1,852''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.4%''' ''4,277''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.8% ''1,329''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.4% ''2,601''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.6%''' ''4,354''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.5% ''3,029''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.5%''' ''3,780''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.7% ''1,841''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''45.1%''' ''2,618''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|23.2% ''1,352''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.4% ''2,420''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.2%''' ''2,732''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''183''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.1%''' ''2,202''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.9% ''2,149''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''42''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.3%''' ''1,608''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.5% ''1,457''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''68''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.7% ''1,322''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.2%''' ''1,630''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''4''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.0%''' ''2,126''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.6% ''990''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% ''12''
|}

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