Editing Blount County, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|50,699|17,664|861|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|47,369|17,932|1,308|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|37,443|12,100|2,665|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|35,441|12,934|859|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|35,571|15,253|821|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|33,241|15,047|424|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|25,273|14,688|701|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|19,310|14,687|2,933|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|18,415|14,655|4,581|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|20,027|9,602|147|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|20,525|9,188|146|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|17,959|9,412|773|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|13,851|12,096|293|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|16,078|5,303|390|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|12,753|5,176|4,407|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|11,876|8,459|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|13,552|6,213|107|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|12,667|5,076|124|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|11,708|5,163|42|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|6,152|3,141|250|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|6,193|2,836|38|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,312|3,363|45|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,119|3,056|24|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|3,275|1,515|77|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,125|712|7|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,754|968|54|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,540|1,550|4|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,462|1,015|19|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|870|836|1,410|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,568|847|18|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,987|618|26|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,201|825|59|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,652|970|51|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,933|821|141|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,237|1,009|57|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|1,823|849|36|Tennessee}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|1,597|882|0|Tennessee}}

Like most of East Tennessee, Blount County has been a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] bastion for decades. The last non-Republican to carry the county was [[Theodore Roosevelt]], during his third-party run in 1912. In 1976, [[Jimmy Carter]] took 46% of the vote. In 1992, [[George H. W. Bush]] was held to 48.9% of the vote—the only time in over a century that a Republican has failed to win a majority in Blount County. No Democrat since [[Andrew Jackson]] in 1832 has won Blount County at the presidential level.

The current elected members of the Blount County government are:<ref>[http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=47009 Blount County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629054838/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fcounty.cfm&id=47009 |date=June 29, 2010 }}, National Association of Counties website</ref>
*Commissioners:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Blount County government
|-
| '''[[County executive]]'''
| Ed Mitchell
|-
| '''[[Assessor of property]]'''
| Todd Orr

|-
| '''[[Clerk master|Clerk and master]]'''
| Stephen Ogle
|-
| '''[[County clerk]]'''
| Gaye Hasty 
 
|-
| '''[[Court clerk|Clerk of courts]]'''
| Thomas Hatcher
|-
| '''[[Treasurer|County treasurer]]'''
|
|-
| '''[[District attorney]]'''
| Mike Flynn
|-
| '''[[Recorder of deeds|Registrar of deeds]]'''
| Phyllis Crisp
|-
| '''[[Highway|Chief highway officer]]'''
| Jeff Headrick
|-
| '''[[Probate|Registrar of probate]]'''
| 
|-Stephen Ogle
| '''[[Sheriff|County sheriff]]'''
| James Berrong
|-
| '''[[Trustee]]'''
| Scott Graves
|-
! colspan=2| State government
|-
| '''[[Tennessee House of Representatives|State representative(s)]]'''
| 2 Representatives:[[Jerome Moon]] (R-Tennessee District 8), [[Bryan Richey (politician)|Bryan Richey]] (R-Tennessee District 20)
|-
| '''[[Tennessee Senate|State senator(s)]]'''
| 1 Senators:[[Art Swann]] (R-Tennessee District 8)
|-
! colspan=2|  Federal government
|- 
| '''[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative(s)]]'''
| [[Tim Burchett]] (R-[[United States House of Representatives, Tennessee District 2|2nd District]])
|-
| '''[[United States Senator|U.S. senators]]'''
| [[Bill Hagerty]] (R)<br />[[Marsha Blackburn]] (R)
|}