Editing Keene, New Hampshire (section)

== Government ==
{{see also|List of mayors of Keene, New Hampshire}}
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|+ '''Keene city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections'''<ref>[http://sos.nh.gov/ElectResults.aspx Election results]</ref>
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! Year
![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
!Others
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|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.1% ''3,764''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.2%''' ''8,966''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''222''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.4% ''3,831''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.9%''' ''7,932''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.8% ''854''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.7% ''3,613''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.3%''' ''8,718''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% ''248''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.6% ''3,641''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.5%''' ''9,427''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''126''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.1% ''4,004''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.1%''' ''8,378''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''101''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.3% ''3,704''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.4%''' ''5,856''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% ''647''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.1% ''2,910''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.7%''' ''5,401''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.2% ''742''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.8% ''3,257''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.9%''' ''5,210''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.4% ''1,779''
|}

Keene's government consists of a mayor and a city council which has 15 members. Two are elected from each of the city's five wards, and five councilors are elected [[at-large]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/government/city-council| title=City Council| publisher=City of Keene| access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>

In the New Hampshire Senate, Keene is included in the 10th District and is represented by Democrat [[Donovan Fenton]]. On the New Hampshire Executive Council, Keene is in the 2nd District and is represented by Democrat [[Karen Liot Hill]]. In the United States House of Representatives, Keene is a part of New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat [[Maggie Goodlander]].

Keene is a strongly Democratic-leaning city at the presidential level, as no Republican presidential nominee has carried the city in over two decades.