Editing Beltrami County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
From the [[New Deal coalition|New Deal]] realignment in [[1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1932]] through [[1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1996]], Beltrami County leaned Democratic, selecting the Democratic nominee in every presidential election save [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]]'s landslides in [[1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1952]] and [[1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1956]] and [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]'s in [[1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1972]]. In [[2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2000]], [[George W. Bush]] became the first Republican to carry the county since 1972. Bush fell short of a majority, with third parties (particularly [[Green Party of the United States|Green]] nominee [[Ralph Nader]]) doing well statewide, but his 48.5% vote share was higher than any Republican's from 1964 to 1996 save Nixon in 1972 and [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] in [[1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota|1984]]. Beltrami returned to the Democratic column in the next three elections, but in [[2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] became the second Republican since 1972 to carry the county, winning a bare majority; in [[2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota|2020]], he won it again with a slightly higher percentage, but the margin of victory shrank due to the decrease in vote share for third party candidates. Trump continued this trend in 2024 when he increased his share of the vote to over 51%.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,898|11,493|483|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,188|11,426|575|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|10,783|8,688|2,093|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|9,637|11,818|596|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|9,762|12,019|455|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|10,237|10,592|302|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,346|7,301|1,570|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,806|8,006|2,036|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,204|7,210|3,573|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|6,652|7,566|162|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|7,414|7,481|103|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|6,481|7,432|1,624|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,214|7,540|531|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,947|5,194|252|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3,912|5,034|619|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,184|5,967|15|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,482|4,653|22|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,974|3,807|16|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,817|4,092|53|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,126|6,020|434|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,705|5,490|61|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,511|7,036|166|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,182|6,507|268|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,318|4,386|518|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,062|2,221|239|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|2,960|323|3,121|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,518|1,427|1,430|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,331|1,912|785|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Socialist|490|790|1,745|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,882|648|439|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,953|234|184|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,339|767|52|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|202|213|6|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|57|44|26|Minnesota}}

On January 7, 2020, in response to Trump's executive order, the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners voted to prohibit refugees from resettling in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Beltrami Co. becomes first in state to reject refugee resettlement |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/01/07/beltrami-co-rejects-refugee-resettlement |access-date=January 7, 2020 |publisher=MPR News}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Beltrami County Board of Commissioners |url=https://www.co.beltrami.mn.us/Government/Commissioners.html |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Craig Gaasvig
|District 1
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Joe Gould
|District 2
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Scott Winger
|District 3
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Tim Sumner
|District 4
|-
|
|Commissioner
|John Carlson
|District 5
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2023-2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|Senate
|[[Steve Green (politician)|Steve Green]] [https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1251]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 2
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Matt Grossell]] [https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15461]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 2A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Matt Bliss]] [https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15458]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 2B
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2023-2025)
! 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 25, 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|Democratic]]
|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|Democratic]]
|N/A
|}