Editing Livingston County, New York (section)

==Government and politics==
Livingston County is heavily Republican. 1964 was the only time in history that Livingston County voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. Aside from 1964, Livingston County has voted Republican in every presidential election since the Republican Party's founding in 1854. Livingston County also voted [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] in every presidential election from 1828 to 1852. Since Johnson's win in 1964, the closest that a Democratic presidential candidate has gotten to winning Livingston County was [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996, when he lost to [[Bob Dole]] by just 113 votes.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|18,780|12,148|107|New York}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|18,182|12,477|742|New York}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|17,290|10,697|2,044|New York}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|14,448|11,705|617|New York}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|16,030|13,655|464|New York}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|17,729|11,504|715|New York}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|15,244|10,476|1,503|New York}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|10,981|10,868|3,289|New York}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|12,122|8,648|6,044|New York}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|14,004|9,506|187|New York}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|16,389|7,399|104|New York}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|11,193|9,030|2,231|New York}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|14,044|9,629|146|New York}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|15,886|7,031|63|New York}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|11,659|6,989|865|New York}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|7,120|13,481|18|New York}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|13,681|7,765|8|New York}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|15,523|4,989|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|14,760|5,901|19|New York}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|11,310|6,409|343|New York}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|11,383|6,351|41|New York}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|12,629|6,397|58|New York}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|12,353|6,088|512|New York}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|11,114|6,529|245|New York}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|11,632|5,545|983|New York}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|10,472|3,676|907|New York}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|9,488|3,571|724|New York}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|5,211|3,608|219|New York}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|3,726|3,203|2,044|New York}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|5,700|3,567|275|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|5,884|3,252|438|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|5,608|3,877|402|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|5,461|4,101|334|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|4,886|3,672|815|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|5,584|4,067|538|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,191|4,039|493|New York}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|5,522|4,242|181|New York}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|5,267|4,244|29|New York}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|4,753|3,350|9|New York}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|4,823|3,465|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1864|Republican|4,580|3,553|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|5,178|3,621|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1856|Republican|3,597|1,652|1,979|New York}}
{{PresRow|1852|Whig|4,096|3,055|309|New York}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|3,730|839|2,146|New York}}
{{PresRow|1844|Whig|3,773|2,709|210|New York}}
{{PresRow|1840|Whig|3,916|2,634|52|New York}}
{{PresRow|1836|Whig|2,643|1,902|0|New York}}
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! Office !! District !! Area of the county !! Officeholder !! Party !! First took office
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| Congressman || [[New York's 24th congressional district]] || All<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012c/fc27.pdf | title = Congressional District 27 | last1 = W | first1 = Eric | date = April 2, 2012 | work = View 2012 Congressional Maps | publisher = The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment | location = [[Albany, New York]] | access-date = January 13, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130203025400/http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012c/fc27.pdf | archive-date = February 3, 2013 }}</ref> || [[Claudia Tenney]] || Republican || 2020
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| State Senator || [[New York State Senate|54th State Senate District]] || All<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/fs57.pdf | title = Senate District 57 | last1 = W | first1 = Eric | date = March 2, 2012 | work = View 2012 Senate District Maps | publisher = The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment | location = [[Albany, New York]] | access-date = January 6, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073812/http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/fs57.pdf | archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}</ref> || [[Pam Helming]] || Republican || 2016
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| State Assemblyman || [[New York State Assembly|133rd State Assembly District]] || All <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/prop2012a/pa133.pdf | title = Assembly District 133 | last1 = W | first1 = Eric | date = January 25, 2012 | work = View Proposed 2012 Assembly District Maps | publisher = The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment | location = [[Albany, New York]] | access-date = January 6, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121124031102/http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/prop2012a/pa133.pdf | archive-date = November 24, 2012 }}</ref> || [[Marjorie Byrnes|Marjorie L. Byrnes]] || Republican || 2019
|}

Livingston County is governed by a 17–member legislature headed by a chairman. Livingston County is part of the 7th Judicial District of the [[New York Supreme Court]] and the 4th Division of the [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division]].