Editing Conway County, Arkansas (section)

=== Government & Local Politics ===
The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]] and the [[Arkansas Code]]. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called justices of the peace and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Conway County Quorum Court has eleven members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the county judge, who serves as the chief executive officer of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Courts |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/quorum-courts-6348/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of County Judge |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-county-judge-5720/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Democratic Party continued to win all local county and city elected offices until 2018, when two members of the Republican Party were elected: Keith Long as [[Justice of the peace]] and Dennis Decker as County Coroner.

In the [[2022 United States elections|2022 midterm elections]], the county government flipped red, with Republicans winning all but three contested seats. Additionally, four Republicans were newly elected as new justices of the peace, the party flipped three Morrilton City Council seats –&nbsp;including Isaac Decker, who became the youngest to ever be elected, at age 20 – and the Oppelo Mayoral race.

In May 2023 the Morrilton City Council voted to turn the municipal offices to a non-partisan designation allowing for the mayor, city clerk, and council members to run as independents.
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|+Conway County, Arkansas Elected Countywide Officials<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/conway/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway County, Arkansas |url=https://conwaycountyar.com/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Conway County, Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Conway/115783/web.307039/#/summary?v=313964/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color: #999999;
|[[County judge|County Judge]]
|Jimmy Hart
|Independent
|-style="background-color: #92C5DE;
|[[Municipal clerk|County Clerk]]
|Kathy Kordsmeier
|Democratic
|-style="background-color: #92C5DE;
|[[Court clerk|Circuit Clerk]]
|Darlene Massingill
|Democratic
|-style="background-color: #92C5DE;
|[[Sheriff]]
|Mike Smith
|Democratic
|-
|[[Treasurer]]
|Carl Birkner
|(Unknown)
|-style="background-color: #92C5DE;
|[[Tax collector|Collector]]
|Norbert Gunderman
|Democratic
|-style="background-color: #92C5DE;
|[[Tax assessment|Assessor]]
|Mark Stobaugh
|Democratic
|-style="background-color: #F48882;
|[[Coroner]]
|Dennis B. Decker
|Republican
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 7 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 4 Democrats. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Conway_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=Quorum Court |url=https://conwaycountyar.com/home/quorum-court/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Conway County, Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Conway/122518/web.345435/#/summary?v=355300/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Philip Hoyt (D) of Perry.
* District 2: Patrick Hartman (R) of Hattieville.
* District 3: Steven Davenport (R) of Cleveland.
* District 4: Thomas A. Flowers (D) of Center Ridge.
* District 5: Keith Long (R) of Solgohachia.
* District 6: Brigham Jones (R) of Morrilton.
* District 7: Johnathan Ray Trafford (R) of Morrilton.
* District 8: Michael Hammons (D) of Morrilton.
* District 9: John David Trafford Jr. (R) of Morrilton.
* District 10: Leslie Griffiths (R) of Morrilton.
* District 11: Jimmy Miller (D) of Plumerville.

Additionally, the townships of Conway County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]]. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Constable? |url=https://www.uaex.uada.edu/business-communities/ced-blog/posts/2022/may/what-is-a-constable.aspx |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Conway_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Conway/119882/web.317647/#/summary?v=333305/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref>

* Cedar Falls: Thomas William Barber (D)
* Griffin: Alex Campbell (R)
* Washington: John Gordon (R)
* Welbourne: Shane Engebrecht (R)