Editing Ontario County, New York (section)

==Government and politics==
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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|18,995|16,064|9,830|New York}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|21,780|17,341|314|New York}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|24,507|12,844|143|New York}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|17,036|14,477|3,993|New York}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|21,118|14,044|279|New York}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|23,828|11,012|81|New York}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|17,114|11,719|1,265|New York}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|10,847|19,922|15|New York}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|19,654|12,251|26|New York}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|22,317|7,719|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|21,659|8,763|18|New York}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|16,156|8,852|431|New York}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|16,859|9,437|68|New York}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|18,932|9,110|120|New York}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|17,812|8,787|616|New York}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|15,624|9,273|423|New York}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|17,769|8,491|965|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1920|Republican|13,361|5,678|1,145|New York}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|7,491|5,286|406|New York}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|4,897|4,734|2,648|New York}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|8,245|5,484|311|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|8,184|5,283|321|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|7,707|5,641|302|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,506|5,485|341|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|6,319|5,376|919|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,957|5,753|379|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|6,382|5,643|361|New York}}
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The county is governed by an elected ''Board of Supervisors'', and uses the ''Board-Administrator'' system, hiring a professional County Administrator. The Board of Supervisors has twenty-one members: one is elected from each Town, two from the city of [[Canandaigua, New York|Canandaigua]] and three from the city of [[Geneva, New York|Geneva]]. As of 2004, the county government has over 800 full-time employees (augmented by another 360 seasonal or available part-time workers), and a budget of $136 million.

The county is similar in its politics to much of the rest of rural [[upstate New York]]; its voters have tended to support Republican presidential candidates ever since that party was formed, and before that they supported [[Whig Party (United States)|the Whig Party]].

However, beginning in the 1990s, the Democratic Party began to improve its performance in Ontario County thanks to the growth of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester's]] outer suburbs in areas such as [[Victor, New York|Victor]] and [[Farmington, New York|Farmington]]. In 1996, Ontario County voted for the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since 1964 and only the second time since the Whig Party contested its first presidential election [[1836 United States presidential election|in 1836]]. In 2008, [[John McCain]] narrowly edged a victory over [[Barack Obama]] by less than one percent, and in 2012 Obama narrowly lost the county to Republican nominee [[Mitt Romney]] by a margin of 1.5 percent. In 2016, Republican nominee [[Donald Trump]] of New York City won the county by 7.3 percent over Democratic nominee and former [[United States Secretary of State]] / former Senator from New York [[Hillary Clinton]] of [[Chappaqua, New York]]. In 2020, Democrat [[Joe Biden]] came incredibly close to winning the county, losing to Trump by just 33 votes. In 2024, the county voted for Trump by a full majority for the first time since 2004.

===State and federal government===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Office !! District !! Area of the county !! Officeholder !! Party !! First took office !! Residence
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| U.S. Representative || [[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}}</ref> || [[Claudia Tenney]] || Republican || 2020 || [[Canandaigua, New York|Canandaigua]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| State Senator || [[New York State Senate|54th State Senate District]] || Roughly, the northeast corner of the county (Towns of Canandaigua, Farmington, Geneva, Gorham, Hopewell, Manchester, Phelps, Seneca)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/fs54.pdf | title = Senate District 54 | 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}}
</ref> || [[Pam Helming]] || Republican || 2017|| [[Canandaigua (town), New York|Canandaigua]], [[Ontario County, NY|Ontario County]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| State Senator || [[New York State Senate|55th State Senate District]] || All of the county not covered by the 54th district (Towns of Bristol, Canadice, East Bloomfield, Naples, Richmond, South Bristol, Victor, West Bloomfield)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2012s/fs55.pdf | title = Senate District 55 | 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}}</ref> || [[Rich Funke]] || Republican || 2015 || [[Fairport, New York|Fairport, Monroe County]]
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| State Assemblyman || [[New York State Assembly|131st State Assembly District]] || All<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latfor.state.ny.us/maps/prop2012a/pa131.pdf | title = Assembly District 131 | 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}}</ref> || [[Jeff Gallahan|Jeff L. Gallahan]] || Republican || 2021 || Ontario County
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Ontario County is part of:
* The 7th Judicial District of the [[New York Supreme Court]]
* The 4th Department of the [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division]]