Editing Cook County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
Cook County was a Republican-leaning bellwether in all but four elections from 1900 to 2000, with the exceptions being 1912, 1960, 1976 (by only 16 votes), and 1988 (by only 2 votes). The county was one of the rare white-majority rural counties to have its margin increase for [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 relative to [[Barack Obama]]'s 2012 margin, with 66 percent of voters choosing the Democratic nominee. In both 2016<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloch |first=Matthew |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Katz |first3=Josh |title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#5.46/63.79/-155.29 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohla |first=Ryne |title=2020 Presidential General Election Maps: NATIONAL PRECINCT MAP |url=https://maps.rynerohla.com/election-maps/2020-presidential-general-election-maps/}}</ref> it was the largest county by area in the contiguous states where Trump lost every precinct, although several counties in Hawaii and [[list of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|county equivalents]] in western Alaska and [[Southeast Alaska|the northern Panhandle]] beat it in both elections.<ref group="note">In both 2016 and 2020 [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]] in Hawaii alongside [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska|Kusilvak Census Area]] and [[Yakutat, Alaska|Yakutat City and Borough]] in Alaska beat Cook County as the largest county-equivalent with no Trump precincts, whilst [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Hawaii County]] and [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]] also beat in it 2016, and [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka City and Borough]] in 2020.</ref> In 2024, Cook County shifted even further to the left, with [[Kamala Harris]]' performance of over 66% being the best ever by a Democratic presidential nominee.<ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/</ref>

===Elections and officeholders===
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,142|2,416|102|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,203|2,496|107|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,156|1,912|327|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,221|1,993|108|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,240|2,019|89|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,489|1,733|81|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,295|1,171|354|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,010|1,169|350|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|878|1,005|735|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,078|1,080|26|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,219|1,129|13|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,147|871|248|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,034|1,018|78|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,047|742|28|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|853|777|99|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|764|976|2|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|987|650|4|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,078|668|2|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|946|503|5|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|674|688|44|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|513|545|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|673|686|7|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|387|793|24|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|418|492|56|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|609|219|11|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|471|29|193|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|467|98|76|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|125|162|76|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|30|65|253|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|255|42|30|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|207|31|12|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|81|65|8|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|81|107|4|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|68|19|45|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|24|29|0|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Republican|46|8|0|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cook County - Members |url=https://cocookmn.civicweb.net/portal/members.aspx?id=10 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.cook.mn.us |language=en-gb}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Debra White
|District 1
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Stacey Hawkins
|District 2
|-
|
|Commissioner
|David Mills
|District 3
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Ann Sullivan
|District 4
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Ginny Storlie
|District 5
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2018-2020)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"|
|Senate
|[[Grant Hauschild]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1252 |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|District 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Roger Skraba]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Rob Ecklund (03A) - Minnesota House of Representatives |url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15452 |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.house.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3A
|}
{| 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]]
|[[Pete Stauber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Pete Stauber |url=https://stauber.house.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 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|Democrat]]
|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|Democrat]]
|N/A
|}