Dexter, MN is a small town located in Mower County, right on the border of Freeborn and Dodge counties. It has a population of around 2,200 people according to the 2010 census. Though Dexter is a small town, it still has plenty of political action and representation. In terms of higher-level government, Dexter is represented by Senator Daniel Sparks in the Minnesota Senate and Representative Kathy Tingelstad in the Minnesota House of Representatives. On a local level, Dexter citizens have elected Tim Riemann as mayor. There are also five city council members that serve two year terms: Becky Nolte, Aaron Naatz, Brad Thomsen, Tom Van Bruggen and David Wiese. All of these representatives work together to ensure that all the needs of the community are met properly and that everyone has access to the resources they need to be successful.
The political climate in Zip 55926 (Dexter, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55926 (Dexter, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Dexter, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Minnesota is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Dexter, Minnesota: D D D D r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 55926 (Dexter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)