Editing Yell County, Arkansas (section)

==Government==
[[File:Yell County Courthouse 002.jpg|left|thumb|Yell County Eastern District Courthouse in Dardanelle]]
{{See also|County government in Arkansas|County judge|Quorum Court}}
The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]] and the [[Arkansas Code]]. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called ''justices of the peace'' and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Yell County Quorum Court has eleven members.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Yell County |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/yell/ |location= Little Rock |publisher= Arkansas Association of Counties |access-date= June 7, 2020 }}</ref> Presiding over quorum court meetings is the ''county judge'', who serves as the [[chief operating officer]] of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.<ref>{{ Cite encyclopedia |title= Quorum Courts |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=6348 |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]] |publisher= [[Butler Center for Arkansas Studies]] at the [[Central Arkansas Library System]] |date= March 24, 2014 |last= Teske |first= Steven |access-date= January 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{ Cite encyclopedia |title= Office of County Judge |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5720 |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]] |publisher= Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System |date= August 28, 2015 |last= Goss |first= Kay C. |access-date= January 23, 2016 }}</ref> Though Yell County has two county seats, the constitutional officers are not duplicated, with duties split between the two courthouses.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Yell County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Elected County Offices / Officials - Yell County AR |url=https://yellcountyar.gov/elected-county-offices-officials/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yell {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/yell/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Judge
|Jeff Gilkey
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County/Circuit Clerk
|Anna Ward
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Sheriff
|Nick Gault
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer
|Debra Craig
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Collector
|Christie Davis
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Assessor
|Sherry Hicks
|Republican
|-
|Coroner
|Tel Millard
|(Unknown)
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 11 Republicans. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Yell County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Yell_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Brent Montgomery (R)
* District 2: Greg Dixon (R)
* District 3: Richard Padgett (R)
* District 4: Steven Payton (R)
* District 5: Robert Caldwell (R)
* District 6: Mike Taylor (R)
* District 7: James Brown (R)
* District 8: Carl Cross (R)
* District 9: Jeffrey Lewis (R)
* District 10: Tony Sigle (R)
* District 11: Jimmy Davenport (R)

Additionally, the townships of Johnson County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]]. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Constable? |url=https://www.uaex.uada.edu/business-communities/ced-blog/posts/2022/may/what-is-a-constable.aspx |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":1" />

* Crawford: William H. Gossett Jr. (Independent)
* Danville: Bradley Apple (R)
* Dardanelle: Gary Dennis (R)
* Ferguson: Kenneth Jackson (R)
* Magazine 1: Marty Weatherford (R)
* Riley: David Campbell (R)
* Ward: Ritchie Tippin (R)

===Politics===
Over the past few election cycles Yell County has trended heavily towards the GOP. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry this county was native Arkansan [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996.
{{PresHead|place=Yell County, Arkansas|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,226|1,284|231|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,608|1,480|351|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,042|1,722|210|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,808|2,003|225|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,678|2,913|68|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,223|3,062|194|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,111|3,749|784|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,506|4,165|972|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,535|2,763|33|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,051|2,679|72|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,187|3,702|248|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,932|5,785|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,310|1,669|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,819|1,513|1,949|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,527|3,407|14|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,303|2,008|122|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,381|2,008|4|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,243|1,884|17|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|408|1,866|147|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|489|1,642|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|224|2,236|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|318|2,382|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|272|2,010|8|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|802|2,086|13|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|334|1,314|96|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,042|1,925|79|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|781|2,099|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|436|1,401|701|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,040|1,743|214|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|913|1,079|68|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|798|1,554|14|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|812|2,261|12|Arkansas}}