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==Politics== {{PresHead|place=Adams County, Illinois|source=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=October 28, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|23,161|8,111|628|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|24,220|8,633|674|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|22,790|7,676|1,844|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|20,416|9,648|633|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|18,711|11,794|397|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|20,834|10,511|132|Illinois}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|17,331|12,197|581|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|13,836|11,336|3,239|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|13,529|11,748|6,302|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|15,831|13,768|111|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|20,225|10,336|88|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|19,842|10,606|1,469|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|18,189|11,926|370|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|20,731|9,055|60|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|17,444|11,521|3,143|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|13,993|18,321|0|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|18,674|14,827|28|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|19,569|11,402|32|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|19,652|13,301|21|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|14,329|14,960|152|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|15,564|13,733|142|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|18,480|17,361|492|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|13,114|18,857|1,502|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|10,134|21,098|437|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|15,590|13,215|288|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|9,985|8,628|5,791|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|12,852|7,222|2,447|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|11,858|14,268|682|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|3,780|6,952|3,531|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|7,233|8,294|787|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|7,277|6,149|1,408|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|8,047|8,844|301|Illinois}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|8,447|8,025|336|Illinois}} {{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|6,081|7,746|657|Illinois}} {{Illinois county elected officials | name =Adams County, Illinois | assessor = | assessorparty = | auditor = | auditorparty = | circuitclerk = Lori Geschwandner | circuitclerkparty =Democratic | countyclerk =Ryan Niekamp | countyclerkparty =Republican | coroner =Scott Graham | coronerparty =Republican | recorder = | recorderparty = | statesattorney =Gary Farha | statesattorneyparty =Republican | sheriff =Anthony Grootens | sheriffparty =Republican | superintendent =Jill Reis | superintendentparty =Republican | treasurer =Bryden Cory | treasurerparty =Republican }} Adams County, positioned in a primarily [[rural]] section of [[Illinois]] is [[Forgottonia|culturally isolated]] from Chicago, and therefore more [[conservative]] than the state's northeastern corner. Quincy, the county seat, holds a high number of [[socially conservative]] [[Catholic Church|Catholics]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/17001_2000.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213182511/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/17001_2000.asp |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |access-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> and likewise is the home to the campus of [[Quincy University]], a [[Private university|private]] Catholic [[liberal arts]] college, and the Western Catholic Union. The county is part of the historic belt of German settlement extending into the [[Missouri Rhineland]]. Since it was antagonistic to the [[Yankee]] northeast of Illinois, it voted solidly Democratic until 1892. After being a swing county in the first half of the twentieth century, Adams County has been a Republican stronghold. It has gone Republican in all but four presidential elections since 1920, all but one of which was a 400-vote Democratic landslide. The county last supported a Democrat in 1964, when it voted for [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]]. The county regularly supports the Republicans at the state level as well; it has not supported a Democrat for Governor of Illinois since [[Adlai Stevenson II]] in 1948. Additionally, five of the six countywide elected officials in Adams County are Republicans, with a Democrat holding the position of Circuit Clerk.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/illinois_bluebook/countyofficers.pdf |title=Illinois Blue Book 2021-2022 |publisher=[[Illinois Secretary of State]] |year=2021 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Jesse |location=[[Springfield, Illinois]] |chapter=Counties & County Officers |access-date=May 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404000848/https://www.ilsos.gov/publications/illinois_bluebook/countyofficers.pdf |archive-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sorensen |first=Mike |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Three Adams County officials sworn in on Thursday |url=https://www.whig.com/news/elections/three-adams-county-officials-sworn-in-on-thursday/article_289f9016-71ae-11ed-ae23-73c8b71ebe2d.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202043617/https://www.whig.com/news/elections/three-adams-county-officials-sworn-in-on-thursday/article_289f9016-71ae-11ed-ae23-73c8b71ebe2d.html |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |work=[[Herald-Whig]]}}</ref> Notably, while it voted for [[Barack Obama]] in his 2004 Senate campaign, he lost it by wide margins in both of his presidential bids. The county is part of [[Illinois's 15th congressional district]], currently represented by Republican [[Mary Miller (politician)|Mary Miller]]. For the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], the county is located in the 94th district, represented by Republican [[Randy Frese]]. The county is located in the 47th district of the [[Illinois Senate]], represented by Republican [[Jil Tracy]].
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