Editing Sangamon County, Illinois (section)

==Government==
Sangamon County is governed by a 29-member board. Each member of the board is elected from a separate district.<ref name="Sangamon County Illinois - History and Overview">{{cite web |title=History and Overview |url=http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/History/default.asp |publisher=County of Sangamon, Illinois |location=Springfield, Illinois |access-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205120113/http://www.co.sangamon.il.us/History/default.asp |archive-date=December 5, 2011 }}</ref>

Other elected officials include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangamoncountyclerk.com/Elected-Officials/County.aspx|title=Elected Officials - Sangamon County Clerk - Don Gray - Sangamon County, Illinois|website=www.sangamoncountyclerk.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Office !! Representative !! Party !! Residence !! Took Office
|-
| Auditor
| Andy Goleman
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Divernon, Illinois|Divernon]]
| 2015 (appointed)
|-
| Clerk of the Circuit Court
| Paul Palazzolo
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2015 (appointed)
|-
| Coroner
| James Allmon
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2020 (appointed)
|-
| County Clerk
| Don Gray
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2015 (appointed)
|-
| Recorder
| Josh Langfelder
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2008 (elected)
|-
| Regional Superintendent of Schools
| Shannon Fehrholz
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2010 (appointed)
|-
| Sheriff
| Jack Campbell
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Illiopolis
| 2018 (elected)
|-
| State's Attorney
| [[John C. Milhiser|John Milhiser]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2023 (appointed)
|-
| Treasurer
| Joe Aiello
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
| 2018 (elected)
|}

===Politics===
Sangamon County has been a Republican stronghold for decades, consistently supporting GOP candidates in local, state, and national elections. Despite its relatively large population and the presence of Springfield, the state's capital and a significant urban center, the county has remained reliably conservative. In recent years, however, the county has shown signs of shifting toward the Democratic Party, reflecting changing demographics and political attitudes, although Democrats have remained unable to carry the county in most races.

=== Sheriff department ===
In 2024, sheriff deputy Sean Grayson was fired after [[Killing of Sonya Massey|killing Sonya Massey]], an unarmed woman, within her home located in [[Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois|Woodside Township]] near [[Springfield, Illinois]] following her call for assistance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesus |date=2024-07-22 |title=Illinois State Police Release Footage of Deputy Fatally Shooting Woman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/us/illinois-sonya-massey-body-cam-footage.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Massey's father, community members, and elected officials raised strong concerns about the department, after it was revealed prior to Grayson's hiring in 2023. He had been kicked out of the U.S. Army in 2016 after being convicted of 2 DUI's, and worked at 5 different Illinois police departments between 2020 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Dean |title='Red flags' surrounded hiring of alleged killer |url=https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/red-flags-surrounded-hiring-of-alleged-killer-18812288 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Illinois Times |language=en}}</ref> Sheriff Jack Campbell who hired Grayson, after receiving calls to resign, including from Governor [[J. B. Pritzker|J.B Pritzker]] announced he would step down effective August 31, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-09 |title=Sangamon County sheriff, whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey, announces resignation |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/sangamon-county-sheriff-resigns-sonya-massey-jack-campbell/63-1abd71f1-7968-4d29-882e-651b6af057c4 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=ksdk.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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