Editing Maries County, Missouri (section)

==Politics==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2014}}

===Local===
The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] predominantly controls politics at the local level in Maries County. Democrats currently hold all but four of the elected positions in the county.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Maries County, Missouri
| assessor          =Dana Simmons
| assessorparty     =Democratic
| circuitclerk      =Mark Buschmann
| circuitclerkparty =Democratic
| countyclerk       =Rhonda Rodgers
| countyclerkparty  =Democratic
| presiding         =Victor Stratman
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Douglas Drewel
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Ed Fagre
| district2party    =Democratic
| coroner           =David H. Martin
| coronerparty      =Democratic
| collector         =Jayne Helton Williams
| collectorparty    =Democratic
| prosecutor        =Richard Skouby
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Carol Jo Schulte
| administratorparty=Democratic
| recorder          =Mark Buschmann
| recorderparty     =Democratic
| sheriff           =Harold Chris Heitman
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| treasurer         =Angie Stricklan 
| treasurerparty    =Republican 
}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''84.12%''' ''4,010''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|14.33% ''683''
|align="center" |1.55% ''74''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.20%''' ''3,875''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.08% ''815''
|align="center" |1.72% ''82''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''62.67%''' ''2,827''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|33.47% ''1,510''
|align="center" |3.86% ''174''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.51%''' ''2,337''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|45.58% ''2,068''
|align="center" |2.91% ''132''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|47.49% ''2,157''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''50.77%''' ''2,306''
|align="center" |1.94% ''79''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''60.99%''' ''2,688''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|37.78% ''1,665''
|align="center" |1.23% ''54''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.11%''' ''1,897''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|47.53% ''1,836''
|align="center" |3.36% ''130''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|39.62% ''1,451''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''57.66%''' ''2,115''
|align="center" |2.62% ''96''
|}

All of Maries County is a part of Missouri's 143rd District in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]]. (R-[[Meta, Missouri|Meta]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Maries County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS>{{cite web|title= County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - Official Results|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/2016GeneralElection.pdf|access-date=January 17, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''4,043'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Maries County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''2,424'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+38.05'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Maries County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''2,784'''
  |percentage = '''61.95%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Greg Stratman
  |votes      = 1,710
  |percentage = 38.05%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Maries County is a part of Missouri's 6th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem06/ Mike Kehoe] (R-[[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]). 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 6 — Maries County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Kehoe'''
  |votes      = '''2,201'''
  |percentage = '''81.13%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mollie Kristen Freebairn
  |votes      = 512
  |percentage = 18.87%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Maries County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''2,978'''
  |percentage = '''66.27%'''
  |change     = '''+14.99'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 1,339
  |percentage = 29.80%
  |change     = -11.67
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 76
  |percentage = 1.69%
  |change     = -5.56
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 37
  |percentage = 0.82%
  |change     = +0.82
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 64
  |percentage = 1.42%
  |change     = +1.42
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Maries County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 2,312
  |percentage = 51.28%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''1,870'''
  |percentage = '''41.47%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 327
  |percentage = 7.25%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Maries County is included in [[MO-03|Missouri's 3rd Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Blaine Luetkemeyer]] (R-[[St. Elizabeth, Missouri|St. Elizabeth]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. 
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District — Maries County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''3,490'''
  |percentage = '''78.32%'''
  |change     = '''+3.41'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kevin Miller
  |votes      = 825
  |percentage = 18.51%
  |change     = -3.60
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dan Hogan
  |votes      = 90
  |percentage = 2.02%
  |change     = -0.92
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doanita Simmons
  |votes      = 51
  |percentage = 1.15%
  |change     = +1.15
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Maries County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''2,036'''
  |percentage = '''74.91%'''
  |change     = '''+2.12'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Courtney Denton
  |votes      = 601
  |percentage = 22.11%
  |change     = -2.48
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Hedrick
  |votes      = 80
  |percentage = 2.94%
  |change     = +0.32
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate
  |candidate  = Harold Davis
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.04%
  |change     = +0.04
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Maries County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''3,253'''
  |percentage = '''72.79%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Eric C. Mayer
  |votes      = 1,099
  |percentage = 24.59%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Wilson
  |votes      = 117
  |percentage = 2.62%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Political culture====
{{PresHead|place=Maries County, Missouri|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,987|755|44|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,892|814|65|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,561|794|145|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,165|1,299|74|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,853|1,599|107|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,825|1,563|36|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,216|1,554|84|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,560|1,540|536|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,356|1,732|927|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,919|1,552|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,267|1,388|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,985|1,732|72|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,485|1,796|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,082|1,219|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,438|1,185|403|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,183|2,063|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,684|1,716|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,392|1,885|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,501|1,783|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|894|1,948|4|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,519|1,824|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,749|2,078|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,306|2,414|20|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|745|2,758|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,415|1,808|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,004|1,913|125|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,445|1,677|28|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|725|1,319|30|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|448|1,096|185|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|703|1,309|16|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|599|1,184|28|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|544|1,273|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|546|1,385|5|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|469|1,119|29|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|539|1,055|43|Missouri}}

===Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)===
{{main|2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary|2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary}}
Former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) received more votes, a total of 844, than any candidate from either party in Maries County during the 2008 presidential primary.