Editing Winona County, Minnesota (section)

==Politics==
Winona County has historically been a swing county at the federal level, but in the 21st century leans Democratic. Winona County's seat is considered a [[college town]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Towns |url=https://www.americancommunities.org/community-type/college-towns/ |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=American Communities Project |language=en-US}}</ref> due to the presence of [[Winona State University]] and [[Saint Mary's University of Minnesota]]. In [[2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2016]], the county backed [[Donald Trump]], the first time a Republican presidential nominee carried the county since 1988. In [[2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2020]], the county backed [[Joe Biden]] by a plurality. In the [[2022 Minnesota elections|2022 elections]], Winona County voted for the Republican nominee for all statewide offices.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|14,288|12,929|580|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|13,227|13,333|613|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,122|11,366|2,586|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|11,480|14,980|772|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|10,975|16,308|652|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|12,686|14,231|505|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|10,773|11,069|2,076|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|7,955|10,272|3,389|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|8,585|9,707|6,226|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|11,012|10,310|302|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|11,981|9,577|212|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,332|9,814|2,757|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|10,436|10,939|539|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,910|8,080|337|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|7,998|8,627|818|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|6,345|11,397|28|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|9,271|8,484|25|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|9,743|6,048|102|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|10,723|5,834|64|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|6,880|8,281|152|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|8,296|6,117|93|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|9,599|7,187|105|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|5,353|9,268|930|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,751|8,305|252|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,459|6,484|88|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|5,670|1,111|6,245|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|7,888|2,896|516|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,916|2,907|259|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,042|3,004|2,254|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3,014|3,072|163|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,734|2,063|302|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,305|3,436|239|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,935|3,528|176|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|2,734|3,701|409|Minnesota}}

Winona County is represented in the Minnesota House of Representatives by [[Steven Jacob|Steve Jacob]] (R) and [[Gene Pelowski]] (DFL). [[Jeremy Miller (politician)|Jeremy Miller]] (R) and [[Steve Drazkowski]] (R) represent it in the Minnesota Senate. Winona County is in [[Minnesota's 1st Congressional District]], which is represented by [[Brad Finstad]] (R).<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Republican Rep. Brad Finstad sworn in to finish Hagedorn's House term |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3598486-republican-rep-brad-finstad-sworn-in-to-finish-hagedorns-house-term/}}</ref>