Editing Plymouth, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
Plymouth operates under a [[council-manager government|council-manager]] form of government that comprises a [[mayor]] and six council members.<ref name="Plymouth City Council Members">{{cite web|title= City Council Members|url= https://www.plymouthmn.gov/departments/city-council-/city-council-members | publisher=City of Plymouth |access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>

Plymouth is in two [[Minnesota Senate]] districts, represented by [[Minnesota Senate|state senators]] [[Ann Johnson Stewart]] and [[Ron Latz]]. Plymouth's [[Minnesota House of Representatives|state representatives]] are [[Ryan Winkler]], [[Ginny Klevorn]], and [[Patty Acomb]]. Plymouth is in [[Minnesota's 3rd congressional district]], represented by [[Dean Phillips]]. 

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size:95%;"
! colspan="3" | Plymouth<br> Election results from statewide races
|-
!Year
!Office
!Results
|-
| rowspan=3|2020
| [[United States presidential election, 2020|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Joe Biden|Biden]] 61.95 – 35.88%
|-
| [[2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Tina Smith|Smith]] 56.63 – 37.94%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Dean Phillips|Phillips]] 57.97 – 41.98%
|-
| rowspan=4|2018
| [[2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Tim Walz|Walz]] 56.47 – 40.92%
|-
| [[2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Amy Klobuchar|Klobuchar]] 65.00 – 32.86%
|-
| [[2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Tina Smith|Smith]] 56.31 – 40.53%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Dean Phillips|Phillips]] 57.77 – 42.06%
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| [[United States presidential election, 2016|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Clinton]] 53.32 – 37.74%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Erik Paulsen|Paulsen]] 53.85 – 45.89%
|-
| rowspan=3|2014
| [[2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Jeff Johnson (Minnesota politician)|Johnson]] 49.59 – 47.08%
|-
| [[2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Al Franken|Franken]] 49.59 – 48.04%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Erik Paulsen|Paulsen]] 61.68 – 38.22%
|-
| rowspan=4|2012
| [[United States presidential election, 2012|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Barack Obama|Obama]] 50.07 – 48.13%
|-
| [[2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Amy Klobuchar|Klobuchar]] 63.33 – 34.05%
|-
|[[U.S. Representative]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Erik Paulsen|Paulsen]] 57.92 – 41.97%
|-
| [[Minnesota Amendment 1|Amendment 1]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Green}}| No 59.40 – 40.60% 
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| [[2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Governor]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Tom Emmer|Emmer]] 48.25 – 37.19 – 14.05%
|-
|[[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Erik Paulsen|Paulsen]] 60.00 – 35.90%
|-
| rowspan=3|2008
| [[United States presidential election, 2008|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Barack Obama|Obama]] 52.10 – 46.44%
|-
| [[2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Norm Coleman|Coleman]] 48.53 – 37.11 – 13.73%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Erik Paulsen|Paulsen]] 49.92 – 40.15 – 9.83%
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
|[[2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Tim Pawlenty|Pawlenty]] 54.99 – 38.16 – 6.19%
|-
| [[2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Amy Klobuchar|Klobuchar]] 55.17 – 41.83% 
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Jim Ramstad|Ramstad]] 68.94 – 30.96%
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| [[United States presidential election, 2004|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[George W. Bush|Bush]] 51.90 – 47.17%
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Jim Ramstad|Ramstad]] 67.61 – 32.32%
|-
| rowspan=3|2002
|[[2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Tim Pawlenty|Pawlenty]] 52.71 – 30.84% – 14.59% 
|-
| [[2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Norm Coleman|Coleman]] 59.10 – 38.96% 
|-
| [[U.S. Representative]] 
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Jim Ramstad|Ramstad]] 76.78 – 23.15%
|-
| rowspan=3|2000
| [[United States presidential election, 2000|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[George W. Bush|Bush]] 51.60 – 44.27%
|-
| [[2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota|U.S. Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Rod Grams|Grams]] 48.59 – 43.48 –6.67%
|-
|[[U.S. Representative]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Jim Ramstad|Ramstad]] 72.23 – 25.78%
|}