The politics in Faribault, MN (55021) are led by a mayor and six city council members. The current mayor is Michael Gumbel, who has held the office since 2018. The city council consists of four At-Large members and two Ward representatives, representing the two distinct districts within Faribault's boundaries. All are elected to serve four year terms with elections held every two years. All candidates must be at least 18 years old and live in the City of Faribault for at least 30 days prior to filing nomination papers. Issues facing the City Council include infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, community engagement programs, and environmental concerns. In addition to providing leadership on these issues, council members also serve as liaisons to various committees such as Planning & Zoning and Public Safety.
The political climate in Zip 55021 (Faribault, MN) is leaning conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55021 (Faribault, MN) is leaning conservative.
Faribault, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Faribault, 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 55021 (Faribault)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,112 contributions totaling $42,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $30,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)