Editing Tyrrell County, North Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
Tyrrell County is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners. The elections for County Commissioners are partisan and at large.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://tyrrellcounty.org/en/about-tyrrell |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=tyrrellcounty.org}}</ref> To save money, some of Tyrrell's government services are consolidated with other neighboring rural counties such as Hyde and Washington.<ref name= campbell/>

Tyrrell County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Albemarle Commission]], a regional economic development organization which serves several counties in eastern North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://coastalreview.org/2019/02/report-cog-director-had-conflict-of-interest/| title = Report: COG Director Had Conflict of Interest| date = February 1, 2019| website = Coastal Review| publisher = North Carolina Coastal Federation| access-date = September 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 2022, Tyrrell County is represented by [[Ed Goodwin]] in the [[North Carolina's 1st House district|1st district]] in the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] and [[Bobby Hanig]] in the [[North Carolina's 1st Senate district|1st district]] in the [[North Carolina Senate]].

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{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|637|785|3|North Carolina}}
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{{PresRow|1972|Republican|676|459|5|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|291|581|415|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|374|996|0|North Carolina}}
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{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|385|916|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|336|732|45|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|281|611|0|North Carolina}}
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{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|304|1,049|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|258|873|6|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|505|475|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|442|638|1|North Carolina}}
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In the 2020 elections in Tyrrell County, Republicans took more votes than Democrats in federal and statewide contests.<ref>{{cite news| last = McClees| first = Ray| title = Republicans led Tyrrell vote results| newspaper = Washington Daily News| date = November 10, 2020| url = https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2020/11/10/republicans-led-tyrrell-vote-results/| access-date = September 13, 2023}}</ref>