Editing Cape Girardeau, Missouri (section)

==Government==
===Municipal===
Cape Girardeau is a [[home rule]] city that utilizes the [[Council-manager government|council-manager form of government]]. The Cape Girardeau City Council is the elected governing body. The city council consists of the mayor and six city council members. The mayor is directly elected at-large (citywide) for a four-year term and the city council members are elected from six wards for staggered four-year terms. Cape Girardeau elected its first female mayor, Stacy Kinder, in the 2022 Mayoral race. 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ward
! Council Member
! First Elected
|-
|1
|Dan Presson
|2018
|-
|2
|Tameka Randle
|2022
|-
|3
|Nate Thomas
|2020 
|-
|4
|Robbie Guard
|2016
|-
|5
|Shannon Truxel
|2020 
|-
|6
|Mark Bliss
|2022
|-
|}
{{Election box begin|title=Cape Girardeau Mayoral Election (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cape Girardeau April 5th Election |url=https://www.capecountyvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Unofficial-Summary.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Stacy Kinder'''
  |votes      = '''2,114'''
  |percentage = '''45.50%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Bob Fox
  |votes      = 2,092
  |percentage = 45.03%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Michelle Latham (Write-In)
  |votes      = 428
  |percentage = 9.21%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Cape Girardeau Mayoral Primary Election (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Summary Report |url=https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Official-Ballot-and-Results-February-2022.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301202135/https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Official-Ballot-and-Results-February-2022.pdf |archive-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Bob Fox'''
  |votes      = '''873'''
  |percentage = '''49.32%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Stacy Kinder'''
  |votes      = '''643'''
  |percentage = '''36.33%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Ramona Bailey
  |votes      = 254
  |percentage = 14.35%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Cape Girardeau Mayoral Election (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Summary Report |url=https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-2018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221120503/https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-2018.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Bob Fox'''
  |votes      = '''2,372'''
  |percentage = '''95.30%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Cape Girardeau Mayoral Election (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Summary Report |url=https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-8-2014-Ballot-and-Results.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221120423/https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-8-2014-Ballot-and-Results.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Harry Rediger'''
  |votes      = '''1,664'''
  |percentage = '''76.05%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Walter White
  |votes      = 504
  |percentage = 23.03%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Cape Girardeau Mayoral Election (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Summary Report |url=https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-6-2010-Ballot-and-Results.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221120415/https://capecountyelections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/April-6-2010-Ballot-and-Results.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = '''Harry Rediger'''
  |votes      = '''3,626'''
  |percentage = '''63.08%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Matt Hopkins
  |votes      = 2,102
  |percentage = 36.57%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*[[Mayor of Cape Girardeau|List of Cape Girardeau Mayors]]

===State and federal===
In the [[Missouri General Assembly]], Cape Girardeau is in the 27th Senate District and is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Holly Rehder]]. Most of the city is included in the 147th Legislative District; small northern portions of the city are in the 146th Legislative District, represented by Republican [[Barry Hovis]].

In the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], Cape Girardeau is in [[MO-08|Missouri's 8th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by Republican [[Jason T. Smith]] of [[Salem, Missouri|Salem]] in [[Dent County, Missouri|Dent County]].

===Presidential===
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Cape Girardeau city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.capecountyelections.com/election-information/election-results/|title=Election Results|website=capecountyelections.com}}</ref>{{Note|2020 and 2016 Data includes mail-in ballots assigned to the city of Cape Girardeau}}
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in Missouri|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.90% ''6,381''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.10%''' 8,911
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.0% ''318''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in Missouri|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.80% ''5,042''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.50%''' ''9,625''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.70% ''728''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in Missouri|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.34% ''5,143''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.40%''' ''9,081''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.25% ''328''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in Missouri|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.90% ''6,275''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.83%''' ''9,252''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.28% ''201''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in Missouri|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.72% ''5,430''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.44%''' ''9,645''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.84% ''128''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in Missouri|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.26% ''4,792''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.22%''' ''8,456''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.52% ''342''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in Missouri|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.79% ''5,582''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.64%''' ''7,863''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.57% ''946''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election in Missouri|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.66% ''5,646''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''46.95%''' ''7,230''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|16.38% ''2,523''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election in Missouri|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.78% ''4,524''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.92%''' ''8,827''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.30% ''40''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election in Missouri|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.39% ''5,043''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.72%''' ''8,138''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.89% ''678''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election in Missouri|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.28% ''5,930''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.99%''' ''7,070''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.73% ''95''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election in Missouri|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.11% ''3,893''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.51%''' ''8,987''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.38% ''49''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election in Missouri|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37,80% ''4,185''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.86%''' ''5,521''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|12.34% ''1,366''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election in Missouri|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.50%''' ''6,481''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.36% ''4,217''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.14% ''15''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election in Missouri|1960]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.11% ''4,501''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.79%''' ''5,467''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.10% ''10''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election in Missouri|1956]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.90% ''4,007''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.10%''' ''5,121''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1952 United States presidential election in Missouri|1952]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.37% ''4,372''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.52%''' ''5,046''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.11% ''10''
|-
|1948
|'''57.82%''' ''4,483''
|42.04% ''3,259''
|0.14% ''11''
|-
|1944
|'''51.70%''' ''3,470''
|48.21% ''3,236''
|0.09% ''6''
|-
|1940
|'''55.46%''' ''4,802''
|44.27% ''3,833''
|0.27% ''23''
|-
|1936
|'''62.29%''' ''4,920''
|37.09% ''2,930''
|0.62% ''49''
|}

During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Democrats in the city gave a majority of their votes to former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]]. He received 1,635 votes (54.88%) out of the total 2,979 votes cast in the city. [[Bernie Sanders]], who had won the city four years earlier in 2016, placed second with 1,241 votes (41.66%). Although she had suspended her campaign before the date of the Missouri primary, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Elizabeth Warren]] of [[Massachusetts]] garnered 35 votes (2.14%) to finish third ahead of [[U.S. Representative]] [[Tulsi Gabbard]] of Hawaii with 24 votes (0.81%). Former [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] of New York City followed in fifth with 17 votes (0.57%).

Although he did not face a serious primary challenge in 2020, incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald J. Trump]] clinched 1,818 votes (97.53%) out of the total 1,864 votes cast in the city during the 2020 Republican presidential primaries. Among the 46 defections, 26 (1.40%) voted uncommitted while 10 voters (0.54%) choose former [[Governor of Massachusetts]] and 2016 [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] vice-presidential nominee [[Bill Weld]] and six voters (0.32%) opted for former U.S. Representative [[Joe Walsh (American politician)|Joe Walsh]] of Illinois.

In the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, GOP voters in the city of Cape Girardeau backed U.S. Senator [[Ted Cruz]] of Texas with 2,802 votes (47.29 percent) over real estate entrepreneur Donald J. Trump who finished second with 2,159 votes (36.44 percent). Former [[Governor of Ohio|Governor]] [[John R. Kasich]] of [[Ohio]] finished third with 568 votes (9.59 percent) ahead of U.S. Senator [[Marco Rubio]] of Florida with 267 votes (4.51 percent).

In the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, Democratic voters in the city supported U.S. Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] of Vermont with 1,334 votes (52.64 percent) over former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] and U.S. Senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] of New York with 1,179 votes (46.53 percent). Likewise, Clinton carried the city eight years earlier in the 2008 Democratic primaries with 2,057 votes (51.43 percent) over former U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]] of neighboring Illinois who received 1,812 votes (45.30 percent) in the city. Former U.S. Senator [[John Edwards]] of North Carolina placed third with 102 votes (2.55 percent).

In the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, GOP voters in the city of Cape Girardeau supported former [[Governor of Massachusetts]] and current U.S. Senator [[Mitt Romney]] of Utah with 1,922 votes (38.48 percent) over former U.S. Senator [[John McCain]] of Arizona with 1,592 votes (31.87 percent). Former [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] of neighboring Arkansas placed in a not-so-distant third with 1,192 votes (23.86 percent) ahead of former U.S. Representative and [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] [[Ron Paul]] of Texas with 193 votes (3.86 percent).<ref name="auto"/>