Editing Johnson County, Missouri (section)

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

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] predominantly controls politics at the local level in Johnson County. Republicans hold all elected offices in Johnson County.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Johnson County, Missouri 
| assessor          =Mark Reynolds
| assessorparty     =Republican 
| auditor           =Chad Davis
| auditorparty      =Republican 
| circuitclerk      =Marcy Anderson
| circuitclerkparty =Republican 
| countyclerk       =Diane Thompson
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Troy A. Matthews
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =John Marr
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Charles Kavanaugh
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Laura Smith
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner           =Clark Holdren
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Rob Russell
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Nancy Jo Jennings
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Stormy Taylor
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Scott Munsterman
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor        =
| surveyorparty    =
| treasurer         =Heather Reynolds
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Past Gubernatorial Elections Results'''
|- style="background: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"|'''68.60%''' ''15,991''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|28.96% ''6,751''
|align="center" |2.44% ''569''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''66.53%''' ''15,321''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|29.94% ''6,895''
| style="text-align:center;"|3.52% ''811''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''56.88%''' ''12,040''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|39.38% ''8,335''
| style="text-align:center;"|3.74% ''793''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|45.67% ''9,484''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''50.22%''' ''10,428''
| style="text-align:center;"|4.11% ''853''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|43.29% ''9,367''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''53.88%''' ''11,658''
| style="text-align:center;"|2.82% ''613''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''53.54%''' ''10,767''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|44.55% ''8,958''
| style="text-align:center;"|1.91% ''384''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''49.27%''' ''8,219''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|47.75% ''7,964''
| style="text-align:center;"|2.98% ''497''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|34.65% ''5,024''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''62.63%''' ''9,082''
| style="text-align:center;"|2.72% ''394''
|}

Johnson County is divided into four legislative districts in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], all of which are held by Republicans.

*District 51 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=051 Dean Dohrman] (R-[[La Monte, Missouri|La Monte]]). Consists of the eastern half of the city of Warrensburg.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''3,713'''
  |percentage = '''67.39%'''
  |change     = '''+13.82'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Cozort
  |votes      = 1,797
  |percentage = 32.61%
  |change     = -7.99
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Johnson County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''1,792'''
  |percentage = '''53.57%'''
  |change     = '''+4.43'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gary L. Grigsby
  |votes      = 1,358
  |percentage = 40.60%
  |change     = -5.70
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 195
  |percentage = 5.83%
  |change     = +1.27
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''2,611'''
  |percentage = '''49.14%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gary L. Grigsby
  |votes      = 2,460
  |percentage = 46.30%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 242
  |percentage = 4.56%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 52 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=052 Nathan Beard] (R-[[Sedalia, Missouri|Sedalia]]). Consists of the community of Knob Noster, and Whiteman Air Force Base.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Nathan Beard'''
  |votes      = '''1,189'''
  |percentage = '''69.74%'''
  |change     = -30.26
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kyle Garner
  |votes      = 516
  |percentage = 30.26%
  |change     = +30.26
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Johnson County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Nathan Beard'''
  |votes      = '''711'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+34.18'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Stanley Cox'''
  |votes      = '''986'''
  |percentage = '''65.82%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Phyllis Sue Domann
  |votes      = 512
  |percentage = 34.18%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 53 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=053 Glen Kolkmeyer] (R-[[Odessa, Missouri|Odessa]]). Consists of the northern section of the county.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 122 – Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Glen Kolkmeyer'''
  |votes      = '''582'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+34.36'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 53 — Johnson County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Glen Kolkmeyer'''
  |votes      = '''235'''
  |percentage = '''65.64%'''
  |change     = '''+5.33'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Henry Grubb
  |votes      = 123
  |percentage = 34.36%
  |change     = -5.33
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 53 — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Glen Kolkmeyer'''
  |votes      = '''383'''
  |percentage = '''60.31%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Holmes Osborne
  |votes      = 252
  |percentage = 39.69%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 54 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=054 Dan Houx] (R- [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]). Consists of western half of the city of Warrensburg and the communities of Centerview, Chilhowee, Holden, Kingsville, La Tour, and Leeton.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 54 — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dan Houx'''
  |votes      = '''8,316'''
  |percentage = '''65.41%'''
  |change     = '''-12.70'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bob Gregory
  |votes      = 3,549
  |percentage = 27.92%
  |change     = +27.92
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steve Daugherty
  |votes      = 848
  |percentage = 6.67%
  |change     = +6.67
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 54 — Johnson County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''5,279'''
  |percentage = '''78.11%'''
  |change     = '''+17.44'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Daniel Plemons
  |votes      = 1,479
  |percentage = 21.89%
  |change     = +21.89
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives —  District 54 — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''7,753'''
  |percentage = '''60.67%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nancy Maxwell
  |votes      = 3,885
  |percentage = 30.40%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Eddie Osborne
  |votes      = 1,140
  |percentage = 8.92%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Johnson County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem21/ Denny Hoskins] (R-[[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''14,641'''
  |percentage = '''70.46%'''
  |change     = '''-2.70'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = ElGene Ver Dught
  |votes      = 5,028
  |percentage = 24.20%
  |change     = +1.64
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 1,110
  |percentage = 5.34%
  |change     = +1.07
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Pearce'''
  |votes      = '''14,983'''
  |percentage = '''73.16%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = ElGene Ver Dught
  |votes      = 4,621
  |percentage = 22.56%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Hedrick
  |votes      = 875
  |percentage = 4.27%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''11,611'''
  |percentage = '''54.88%'''
  |change     = '''+13.41'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 8,315
  |percentage = 39.30%
  |change     = -9.80
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 714
  |percentage = 3.37%
  |change     = -6.06
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 268
  |percentage = 1.27%
  |change     = +1.27
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 248
  |percentage = 1.17%
  |change     = +1.17
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 8,613
  |percentage = 41.47%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''10,197'''
  |percentage = '''49.10%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 1,959
  |percentage = 9.43%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
All of Johnson County is included in [[MO-04|Missouri's 4th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Vicky Hartzler]] (R-[[Harrisonville, Missouri|Harrisonville]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Johnson County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''14,102'''
  |percentage = '''67.63%'''
  |change     = '''-0.14'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gordon Christensen
  |votes      = 5,584
  |percentage = 26.78%
  |change     = +1.05
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mark Bliss
  |votes      = 1,167
  |percentage = 5.59%
  |change     = -0.91
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Johnson County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''7,770'''
  |percentage = '''67.77%'''
  |change     = '''+7.59'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nate Irvin
  |votes      = 2,950
  |percentage = 25.73%
  |change     = -9.05
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Herschel L. Young
  |votes      = 745
  |percentage = 6.50%
  |change     = +2.48
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — Johnson County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''12,356'''
  |percentage = '''60.18%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Teresa Hensley
  |votes      = 7,140
  |percentage = 34.78%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Thomas Holbrook
  |votes      = 825
  |percentage = 4.02%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Greg Cowan
  |votes      = 209
  |percentage = 1.02%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Political culture====
Johnson is a solidly Republican county. The last Democrat to carry Johnson County was Bill Clinton in 1992.
{{PresHead|place=Johnson 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|16,298|6,960|430|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|15,489|6,974|709|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,719|5,930|1,713|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|12,763|7,667|591|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|12,183|9,480|417|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|12,257|7,790|189|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,339|6,926|522|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,276|6,220|2,078|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,032|5,546|4,625|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,512|5,373|36|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,413|4,238|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,449|5,441|695|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,513|5,551|156|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,228|3,044|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,834|3,484|1,018|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,348|6,412|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,970|4,712|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,599|4,530|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,990|4,294|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,903|4,888|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,949|4,419|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|6,468|5,441|19|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|5,797|6,294|22|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,088|6,481|76|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,032|4,316|19|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|5,248|5,526|232|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,700|5,444|108|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,966|3,701|100|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,772|3,468|1,319|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|2,997|3,483|115|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|2,989|3,277|153|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,051|3,612|153|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,219|4,240|48|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|2,667|3,109|685|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|2,895|3,183|171|Missouri}}