Editing Coventry, Rhode Island (section)

==Government==

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|+ '''Coventry town vote<br /> by party in presidential elections'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhode Island Board of Elections: Previous Election Results |url=https://elections.ri.gov/elections/previous-election-results |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</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/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.29%''' ''10,461''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.61% ''9123''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.10% ''420''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.52%''' ''9,199''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.15% ''7,032''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.33% ''1,283''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.22% ''6,969''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.26%''' ''9,122''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.51% ''415''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.57% ''7,367''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.60%''' ''9,622''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.83% ''316''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.40% ''7,249''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.71%''' ''8,417''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.89% ''301''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.28% ''5,111''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.08%''' ''8,415''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.64% ''962''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|26.66% ''3,633''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.92%''' ''7,485''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|18.42% ''2,511''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.63% ''4,466''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''40.38%''' ''6,086''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|29.98% ''4,519''
|-  
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|1988]]'''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.77% ''6,348''
|  style="text-align:center"; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.88%''' ''6,362''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.36% ''46''
|}

Pursuant to its charter, Coventry's municipal government is classified as Council-Manager, with all powers vested in an elected Town Council, including the appointment of a Town Manager. Each Town councilperson represents one of five municipal districts. Members of the School Committee are also elected using these districts.

In the [[Rhode Island Senate]], Coventry is a part of the 21st and 33rd Districts. In the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]] it is part of the a part of the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 40th Districts. At the federal level, Coventry is included in [[Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district]] and is currently represented by Democrat [[Seth Magaziner|Seth M. Magaziner]].