Editing Newton County, Georgia (section)

==Politics==
For the first half of the 20th century, Newton County followed the regular [[Solid South]] pattern of voting Democratic. It would later become a state bellwether from [[1968 United States presidential election in Georgia|1968]] to [[2004 United States presidential election in Georgia|2004]]—meaning that the county's voting intention was an accurate predictor of the overall statewide winner. From [[2008 United States presidential election in Georgia|2008]] to [[2016 United States presidential election in Georgia|2016]], Newton County had been narrowly won by Democrats thanks to its location within the [[Metro Atlanta|Atlanta metro]] as well as the influx of progressive voters both the region and Newton proper have experienced in recent years. This margin ballooned to a double-digit percentage in [[2020 United States presidential election in Georgia|2020]] when [[Joe Biden]] flipped the state back into the Democratic column; [[Kamala Harris]] built upon this margin [[2024 United States presidential election in Georgia|four years later]], winning Newton by just over 15% even as she narrowly lost Georgia and the election. 
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|24,893|33,839|745|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|23,869|29,789|605|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|20,913|21,943|1,382|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|20,982|21,851|476|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|20,337|20,827|318|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|18,095|10,939|157|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|11,127|6,703|545|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|7,274|6,759|1,410|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,804|5,811|2,044|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,809|3,111|49|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,810|3,389|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,206|5,611|239|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,137|6,294|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,647|1,380|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,660|1,998|3,017|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,678|3,620|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|708|3,185|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|532|3,232|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|431|3,529|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|243|2,113|144|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|123|2,022|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|95|1,512|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|123|1,994|9|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|45|1,672|10|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|698|873|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|139|716|95|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|349|753|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|39|943|102|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|43|840|57|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|303|643|59|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|354|928|80|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|294|790|23|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|580|973|56|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|611|1,005|62|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|398|788|33|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|792|802|0|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|581|743|0|Georgia}}

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!colspan=3| Board of Commissioners
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! District
! Commissioner
!Party
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| CHAIR (at-large)
| Marcello Banes (chairman)
|Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| District 1
| Stan Edwards
|Republican
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| District 2
| T. Demond Mason
|Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| District 3
| Stephanie Lindsey
|Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| District 4
| J.C. Henderson
|Democratic
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| District 5
| LeAnne Long
|Republican
|}