Editing Cologne, Minnesota (section)

==Politics==
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|+ Precinct General Election Results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/|title=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State - Election Results|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222230838/https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.1%''' ''773
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.7% ''465''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''28''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.3%''' ''584''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.2% ''302''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.5% ''83''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.7%''' ''440''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.4% ''349''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''15''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.4%''' ''315''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.7% ''322''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% ''22''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.4%''' ''401''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.8% ''247''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''5''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.9%''' ''279''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.5% ''203''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% ''45''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.4% ''122''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.4%''' ''195''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.2% ''48''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.1% ''91''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''43.0%''' ''126''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.9% ''76''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.1% ''125''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.9%''' ''165''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.2% ''133''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.8%''' ''149''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.8% ''107''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.2%''' ''165''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% ''27''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.7% ''81''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.4%''' ''193''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% ''8''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.4% ''90''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.1%''' ''150''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% ''14''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.4% ''74''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.8%''' ''135''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% ''6''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.6% ''64''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.4%''' ''152''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.3% ''61''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.7%''' ''171''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|}
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Matt Lein is the mayor of Cologne <ref>{{cite web | url=https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cologne/latest/cologne_mn/0-0-0-5723 | title=City Officials of Cologne, Minnesota }}</ref>
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.<ref name="bestplaces.net">{{cite web | url=https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/minnesota/cologne | title=Cologne, MN Politics & Voting }}</ref>
Carver County has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000.<ref name="bestplaces.net"/>