Editing Durham County, North Carolina (section)

==Law and government==
{{See also|Durham Police Department (North Carolina)}}
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Durham County is a member of the regional [[Triangle J Council of Governments]]. Durham County is governed by a five-member board of county commissioners, currently consisting of Chair Brenda A. Howerton, Vice Chair Wendy Jacobs, Nimasheena Burns, Heidi Carter, and [[Nida Allam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact the Board of Commissioners {{!}} Durham County |url=https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-a-e/board-of-commissioners/commissioners |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=www.dconc.gov |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183333/http://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-a-e/board-of-commissioners/commissioners |url-status=live }}</ref> All are elected concurrently, and each elected member serves a four-year term. The current [[sheriff]], Clarence Birkhead, was elected in 2018 and is the county's first African American Sheriff to hold office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2018/12/03/new-durham-county-sheriff-takes-oath-of-office|title=New Durham County Sheriff Takes Oath of Office|website=spectrumlocalnews.com|date=December 3, 2018|first=Taj|last=Simmons|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419065123/https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2018/12/03/new-durham-county-sheriff-takes-oath-of-office|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Politics===
Durham County is consistently one of the most [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counties in North Carolina, favoring Democrats in national, state, and local elections.<ref>{{cite news| title = Anatomy of a swing state: What these 6 counties tell us about the upcoming NC election| newspaper = The Charlotte Observer| date = November 4, 2022| url = https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article267776257.html| access-date = November 4, 2022}}</ref> having only voted for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate twice since 1884, the Republican landslides of 1928 and 1972. [[George H. W. Bush]] is the last Republican to manage even 40 percent of the county's vote. Since the 1990s, Durham County has been one of the most Democratic urban counties in the South.
{{PresHead|place=Durham County, North Carolina|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 15, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|32,853|144,450|3,609|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|32,459|144,688|2,767|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|28,350|121,250|6,534|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|33,769|111,224|1,742|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|32,353|103,456|1,088|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|34,614|74,524|513|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|30,150|53,907|547|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|27,825|49,186|3,899|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|27,581|47,331|7,770|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|29,928|35,441|514|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|29,185|32,244|155|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|19,276|24,969|3,656|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|18,945|22,425|163|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|25,576|15,566|525|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|12,705|16,563|13,542|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|15,264|22,874|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|14,322|19,298|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|13,226|13,835|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|11,301|18,897|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,531|11,530|1,552|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,690|12,763|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,491|14,810|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,189|12,804|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,770|7,559|351|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|8,723|4,482|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,093|4,837|221|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,550|4,646|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,837|2,463|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|124|2,197|1,205|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,820|1,859|9|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,080|1,603|10|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,026|2,373|19|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,924|2,435|52|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,264|1,490|764|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,618|1,835|82|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Democratic|1,193|1,595|0|North Carolina}}