Editing Iredell County, North Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
Iredell County is governed by the Board of Commissioners, consisting of five commissioners elected [[at-large]], which requires each to attract a majority of the votes.<ref name="Board">{{cite web|url=http://www.co.iredell.nc.us/617/About-the-Board|title=Iredell Board of Commissioners|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref>

The Iredell County [[County commission|Commissioners]] (2016–present) are James Mallory (chairman), Marvin Norman, Tommy Bowles, Jeff McNeely and Gene Houpe, all Republicans.<ref name="Board" />

Iredell County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Centralina Council of Governments]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centralina.org/what-is-ccog/our-region/|title=Centralina Council of Governments|access-date=August 10, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410131624/https://centralina.org/what-is-ccog/our-region/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Recorder of deeds|Register of Deeds]] of Iredell County is Ronald "Duck" Wyatt (Republican), appointed in 2016. The Register of Deeds serves as custodian and manager of a large number of land records and vital records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.co.iredell.nc.us/533/Register-of-Deeds|title=Register of Deeds|website=co.iredell.nc.us|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

Iredell County is part of prosecutorial District 22A with Alexander County. The [[Iredell County Courthouse]] is located in the county seat of [[Statesville, North Carolina]]. The District Attorney is Sarah Kirkman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/22A/yourdistrictattorney.html|title=Your District Attorney|website=ncdistrictattorney.org|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>

The Senior Resident [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] Judge is Joe Crosswhite. The Chief [[North Carolina District Courts|District Court]] Judge is Dale Graham. James Lee (Jim) Mixson III has served as Iredell County's Clerk of Superior Court since 2012. Clerks of Superior Court in North Carolina also serve as Probate Judges in addition to their administrative duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_N._Crosswhite|title=Joseph N. Crosswhite|website=ballotpedia.org|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>

Since 1952, Iredell County voting records show a strong Republican majority. Before 1952, however, Iredell was part of the Democratic "[[Solid South]]" and voted for no Republican presidential candidate after Reconstruction except [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1928. In 1964, the year that national civil rights legislation was passed, it was one of 13 North Carolina counties to vote for [[Barry Goldwater]]. In the past 17 elections, the only Democrat to carry Iredell County was [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976, who was a native son of Georgia and the South.<ref name="Elections" />

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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|19,411|13,263|6,306|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|21,536|10,530|69|North Carolina}}
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{{PresRow|1980|Republican|14,926|12,067|801|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|11,573|13,295|263|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|16,736|5,088|858|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|10,557|4,878|9,021|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|12,892|11,231|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|12,085|8,973|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|11,125|7,286|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|11,804|8,580|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,441|5,761|1,934|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,864|8,358|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,820|10,328|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,817|11,308|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,583|8,367|55|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,712|4,836|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,565|6,449|136|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|4,402|6,470|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,073|3,335|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|392|2,528|1,049|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,803|2,465|6|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,510|2,126|40|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,044|2,523|78|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,003|2,958|15|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,524|2,282|688|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,894|2,720|73|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,736|2,644|22|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|1,616|2,389|0|North Carolina}}

=== Law enforcement ===
[[File:William Franklin Wasson.jpg|thumb|right|William Franklin Wasson, Sheriff 1858 - 1874]]
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1789, in the year after the county was formed from Rowan County.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.iredellsheriff.com/693/History|title=Iredell County Sheriff's Office, History|accessdate=August 25, 2019}}</ref> The [[Sheriff]] of Iredell County is Darren E. Campbell (Republican), elected in December 2014. He succeeded Phillip Redmond, who was first elected in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campbell takes oath as new Iredell sheriff|url=http://www.statesville.com/news/campbell-takes-oath-as-new-iredell-sheriff/article_921f2470-79a0-11e4-82b2-f7d6dfc9b235.html|website=statesville.com|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> One of the most famous prisoners held by Sheriff William Franklin Wasson in the Iredell County jail was [[Tom Dula]], who was hung on May 1, 1868, in Statesville.<ref name="Ballad">{{cite book  | last = West  | first = John Foster  | title = The Ballad of Tom Dula: The Documented Story Behind the Murder of Laura Foster  | publisher = Parkway Publishers  |date=April 2002 | isbn = 1-887905-55-3}}</ref><ref name="Head">{{cite book  | last = West  | first = John Foster  | title = Lift up Your Head, Tom Dooley: The True Story of the Appalachian Murder That Inspired One of America's Most Popular Ballads  | publisher = Down Home Press  |location= Asheboro, North Carolina |date=May 1993 | isbn = 1-878086-20-0}}</ref>