Editing Lake County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
Lake County has a historic Democratic/Labor lean. It was the top county for [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate [[Eugene V. Debs]] in 1908,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1908 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1908&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> 1912,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1912 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1912&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> and 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1920 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1920&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> The last Republican to carry the county was [[Herbert Hoover]] in his failed run for re-election in 1932 against [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential election of 1932 - Map by counties |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=geoelections.free.fr}}</ref> although in the 1932 election Socialist [[Norman Thomas]] received 19.32% of the county's vote, one of the highest percentages in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections for 1932 |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1932&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Ironically, Lake County was the only county in Minnesota to vote for Hoover in 1932, despite going on to give Roosevelt his largest percentage in the state in 1936 and continuing to vote staunchly Democratic through 2012. However, in recent elections, the county has become more competitive. In 2016, while Lake County was the whitest county in the entire country to vote for Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] over Republican [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Day 2016 by the numbers - News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise |url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2016/11/a-numerical-look-back-at-the-historic-day/ |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com}}</ref> Clinton became the first and only Democrat to fail to obtain a majority of the county’s vote since 1932. Furthermore, Trump got the highest percentage of the vote of any Republican since 1928, and went on to further increase his vote share in 2020 and held [[Joe Biden]] to under 51% of the county's vote. Trump came within 145 votes of winning Lake County in 2016, was within 254 votes of winning it in 2020, and within 269 votes in 2024, becoming the only Republican since 1932 to even come within 1,000 votes of winning the county.
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|3,393|3,647|162|Minnesota}}
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{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|2,610|4,043|167|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,636|4,174|159|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,769|4,212|90|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,465|3,579|519|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,684|3,388|957|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,465|3,415|1,477|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,838|3,887|50|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,003|4,468|58|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,414|3,864|653|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,313|3,973|313|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,575|3,640|112|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,351|4,266|274|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,205|4,704|16|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,276|3,888|16|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,055|3,079|9|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,451|2,814|24|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|924|2,555|250|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|792|2,401|46|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|933|2,750|50|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|617|2,717|56|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|1,290|1,059|653|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,014|618|133|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,251|60|1,372|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|990|594|835|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|401|506|420|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Socialist|182|195|889|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|584|152|404|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|603|77|214|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|639|278|37|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|595|320|14|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|290|126|67|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome To Lake County, MN |url=https://www.co.lake.mn.us/county-board/ |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=www.co.lake.mn.us}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!District
!Term Ending
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Pete Walsh
|District 1
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner 
|Derrick (Rick) Goutermont
|District 2
|2024
|-
|
|Commissioner
|Richard (Rick) Hogenson
|District 3
|2024
|-
|
|Commissioner and Vice Chair
|Jeremy Hurd
|District 4
|2026
|-
|
|Commissioner and Chairperson
|Rich Sve
|District 5
|2024
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2023-2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"|
|Senate
|[[Grant Hauschild]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MN State Senate |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1252 |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.senate.mn |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|District 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Roger Skraba]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|House of Representatives
|[[Natalie Zeleznikar|Natalie Zelezinkar]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|District 3B
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2023-2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
!Name
!Affiliation
!District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|[[Pete Stauber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Pete Stauber |url=https://stauber.house.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Representative Pete Stauber |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Minnesota's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Amy Klobuchar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.klobuchar.senate.gov}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|[[United States Senate|Senate]]
|[[Tina Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smith.senate.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Senator Tina Smith |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democrat]]
|N/A
|}