Editing Stevens County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
Stevens County has been a swing district for the past several decades. As of 2020 it has selected the Republican candidate in 56% of presidential elections since 1980. In 2016, Stevens County and several other counties in rural Western Minnesota swung sharply to the right. While Minnesota as a whole swung far to the left in 2020, Stevens County swung further right, giving Donald Trump nearly 60% of the vote - the most any party had got since 1952.
{{PresHead|place=Stevens 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=October 10, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 628 votes, while [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 52 votes, Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 33 votes, and [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] candidate [[Arthur Reimer]] received 5 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,213|1,827|99|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,044|1,922|119|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,799|2,116|483|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,766|2,742|144|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,710|2,781|143|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,030|2,821|98|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,831|2,434|487|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,141|2,741|573|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,229|2,466|1,121|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,679|2,721|58|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,251|2,451|44|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,283|2,559|634|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,484|3,171|134|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,830|2,870|111|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,560|2,247|255|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,220|2,910|7|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,710|2,405|11|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,606|1,822|2|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,288|1,579|12|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,928|2,313|42|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,377|1,693|12|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,619|2,018|15|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,431|2,352|175|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,396|2,552|42|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,275|1,457|16|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,553|238|1,379|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,339|457|134|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|943|787|64|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|286|640|718|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|877|582|55|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,254|362|53|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,036|682|68|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|981|685|43|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|622|509|215|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Board of Commissioners {{!}} Stevens County, MN - Official Website |url=https://www.co.stevens.mn.us/1088/Stevens-County-Board |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.stevens.mn.us}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
|-
|
|Commissioner and Chairperson
|Bob Kopitzke
|District 1
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Jeanne Ennen
|District 2
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Ron Staples
|District 3
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Donnie Wohlers
|District 4
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Patricia Lesmeister-Nelson
|District 5
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2018-2020)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|Senate
|[[Torrey Westrom]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.php?member_id=1197 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 12
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Jeff Backer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Jeff Backer (12A) - Minnesota House of Representatives |url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15428 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.house.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 12A
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2018-2020)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|[[Michelle Fischbach]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach |url=https://fischbach.house.gov/ |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Minnesota's 7th congressional district|7th]]
|-
| 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)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[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
|}