Editing St. Cloud, Minnesota (section)

==Government==
Since 2025, St. Cloud's mayor has been Jake Anderson.

St. Cloud has been moved by Congressional redistricting to a wide variety of Minnesota regions, including northern, south central, northwest and southwest. In Congressional district maps in effect since 2003, it has been grouped with rural areas and suburbs north and west of the Twin Cities.<ref>[[Minnesota's congressional districts]]</ref> The district had only minor changes in a 2022 map drawn by a five-judge panel based on the 2020 census.<ref>[https://mn.gov/admin/demography/data-by-topic/population-data/2020-decennial-census/data/]|"Looking for Census 2020 data? Here is what you need to know" Minnesota State Demographic Center</ref><ref>Tim Pugmire, MInnesota Public Radio, [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/02/15/new-political-district-maps-shake-up-minnesota-politics  "New political district maps shake up Minnesota politics"], February 22, 2022</ref> As of the 2020 census, the city of St. Cloud is the second largest in [[Minnesota's 6th congressional district]], represented by Republican [[Tom Emmer]]. The [[St. Cloud, Minnesota metropolitan area]] that includes adjacent communities has about a quarter of the 6th district population, though some of the area lies outside the district.

The city makes up the majority of population of Minnesota State Senate District 14, which straddles the Mississippi River and includes parts of three counties,<ref>[https://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/minnesota-legislative-maps/]|MN Secretary of State Election Administration</ref><ref>[https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/docs/14.pdf]|MN Secretary of State Legislative Maps Senate District 14 map</ref> represented by [[Aric Putnam]]. Minnesota House District 14A includes generally western parts of the city as well as [[Waite Park, Minnesota|Waite Park]], [[St. Augusta, Minnesota|St. Augusta]] and adjacent rural areas,<ref>[https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/docs/14A.pdf]|MN Secretary of State Legislative Maps Senate District 14A map</ref> represented by [[Bernie Perryman]]. District 14B includes east central and northeast St. Cloud, neighboring [[Sauk Rapids, Minnesota|Sauk Rapids]] and parts of rural Benton and Sherburne Counties,<ref>[https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/docs/14B.pdf]|MN Secretary of State Legislative Maps Senate District 14B map</ref> represented by [[Dan Wolgamott]].

In 2016, St. Cloud converted from 5% to 80% renewable energy by using solar gardens, street light improvements, bio-gas, and other energy efficiency initiatives.<ref>[https://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/st-cloud-will-be-powered-80-renewable-energy-2018 "St. Cloud will be powered by 80% renewable energy by 2018"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926062117/https://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/st-cloud-will-be-powered-80-renewable-energy-2018 |date=September 26, 2019 }}, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), retrieved 9/7/2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/sites/default/files/PatrickShea_StCloudMN_Path_to_Energy_Nuetral.pdf "City of St. Cloud Minnesota, The Path to Energy Neutral"], Patrick Shea, Public Services Director, Tracy Hodel, Assistant Public Utilities Director.</ref> St. Cloud's wastewater plant converts sugar-laden liquids from local food and beer manufacturers into fuel and fertilizer. Since 2020, the city has produced more energy than it consumes.<ref>Jenny Berg, [https://www.startribune.com/innovation-at-wastewater-plant-propels-st-cloud-to-renewable-energy-leader/600175342/ Innovation at wastewater plant propels St. Cloud to renewable energy leader], Start Tribune, May 21, 2022</ref>

Past [[:Category:Mayors of St. Cloud, Minnesota|mayors of St. Cloud]] include:
* Sylvanus B. Lowry (1856), selected by town council members as council president (office of mayor did not yet exist)
* John L. Wilson (1857–1858)
* E. O. Hamlin (1868)
* J. A. McDonald (1900)
* J. R. Boyd (1901)
* J. E. C. Robinson (1902–1905 and 1906)
* J. N. Bensen (1905)
* David McCarty (1907)
* Louis Brown (1907)
* Hugh Evans (1908–1909)
* D. H. Freeman (1910 and 1916–1919)
* P. J. Seberger (1911–1912)
* H. J. Limperich (1919)
* W. W. Matson (1920–1924). 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.
* J. Arthur Bensen (1924–1928)
* James H. Murphy (1928–1932, 1945–1948)
* Phil Collignon (1932–1945)
* Mathew Malisheski (1948–1952)
* Lawrence A. Borgert (1952). City Charter revised, creating current "standard mayor form" of government.<ref>https://www.ci.stcloud.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/685/Newly-Elected-Orientation?bidId= Newly Elected Orientation, Section "2) Form of Government"</ref>
* George Byers (1953–1960)
* Thomas E. Mealey (1960–1964)
* [[Ed Henry (Minnesota politician)|Ed Henry]] (1964–1971)
* [[Al Loehr]] (1971–1980)
* Sam Huston (1980–1989)
* Chuck Winkelman (1989–1997)
* Larry Meyer (1997–2001)
* John Ellenbecker (2001–2005)
* [[Dave Kleis]] (2005–2025)