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==Politics== ===Local=== The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] mostly controls politics at the local level in Lafayette County. Republicans hold all but three of the elected positions in the county. {{Missouri county elected officials | name =Lafayette County, Missouri | assessor =Chip Langman | assessorparty =Democratic | circuitclerk =Deana Aversman | circuitclerkparty =Republican | countyclerk =Linda Niendick | countyclerkparty =Republican | presiding =Harold Hoflander | presidingparty =Republican | district1 =Craig Williams | district1party =Republican | district2 =Tracy Dyer | district2party =Republican | collector =Lori Fiegenbaum | collectorparty =Democratic | coroner =David Pulliam | coronerparty =Republican | prosecutor =Kristen Ellis Hilbrenner | prosecutorparty =Democratic | administrator =Barb Copenhaver | administratorparty=Republican | recorder =JoAnn Swartz | recorderparty =Republican | sheriff =Kerrick Alumbaugh | sheriffparty =Republican | surveyor =Mark Nolte | surveyorparty =Republican | treasurer =Jennifer Jellum | treasurerparty =Republican }} ===State=== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;" |+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results |- bgcolor=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"|'''73.38%''' ''12,571'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|25.01% ''4,285'' |align="center" |1.60% ''275'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''71.85%''' ''12,238'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|26.13% ''4,451'' |align="center" |2.02% ''244'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.85%''' ''9,167'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|38.47% ''6,097'' |align="center" |3.68% ''583'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|47.91% ''7,537'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''49.31%''' ''7,758'' |align="center" |2.78% ''438'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|42.70% ''7,022'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''55.09%''' ''9,060'' |align="center" |2.21% ''364'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''52.97%''' ''8,541'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|45.59% ''7,351'' |align="center" |1.43% ''231'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.32%''' ''7,276'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|47.94% ''6,932'' |align="center" |1.74% ''251'' |- |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]] |align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|34.00% ''4,450'' |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''63.05%''' ''8,252'' |align="center" |2.94% ''385'' |} Lafayette County is divided into two legislative districts in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], both of which are held by Republicans. *District 33 β Donna Pfautsch (R-[[Harrisonville, Missouri|Harrisonville]]). Consists of the community of Oak Grove. {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 33 β Lafayette County (2016)}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate='''Donna Pfautsch'''|votes='''12,115'''|percentage='''72.86%'''|change='''-2.81'''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Chase Linder|votes=5,127|percentage=29.74%|change=+19.03}} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 33 β Lafayette County (2014)}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate='''Donna Pfautsch'''|votes='''6,434'''|percentage='''71.9%'''|change='''+10.96'''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Syed Asif|votes=1,458|percentage=16.3%|change=-27.18}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Matt Stephens|votes=1,052|percentage=11.8%|change=+16.22}} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 33 β Lafayette County (2012)}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate='''Donna Pfautsch'''|votes='''10,193'''|percentage='''63.7%'''|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Ron Harvey|votes=5,814|percentage=36.3%|change=}} {{Election box end}} *District 53 β Glen Kolkmeyer (R-[[Odessa, Missouri|Odessa]]). Consists of almost all of the county. {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 53 β Lafayette County (2016)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''Glen Kolkmeyer''' |votes = '''13,719''' |percentage = '''100.00%''' |change = '''+38.93''' }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 53 β Lafayette County (2014)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''Glen Kolkmeyer''' |votes = '''5,818''' |percentage = '''61.07%''' |change = '''+2.43''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Henry Grubb |votes = 3,709 |percentage = 38.93% |change = -2.43 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives β District 53 β Lafayette County (2012)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''Glen Kolkmeyer''' |votes = '''9,095''' |percentage = '''58.64%''' |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Holmes Osborne |votes = 6,416 |percentage = 41.36% |change = }} {{Election box end}} All of Lafayette County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by Denny Hoskins (R-[[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]). {{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate β District 21 β Lafayette County (2016)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''Denny Hoskins''' |votes = '''9,738''' |percentage = '''63.36%''' |change = '''+1.36''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = ElGene Ver Dught |votes = 4,864 |percentage = 31.65% |change = -2.80 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Bill Wayne |votes = 768 |percentage = 5.00% |change = -1.45 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate β District 21 β Lafayette County (2012)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''David Pearce''' |votes = '''9,547''' |percentage = '''62.00%''' |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = ElGene Ver Dught |votes = 5,305 |percentage = 34.45% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Steven Hedrick |votes = 547 |percentage = 3.55% |change = }} {{Election box end}} ===Federal=== {{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate β Missouri β Lafayette County (2016)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = '''Roy Blunt''' |votes = '''8,812''' |percentage = '''55.55%''' |change = '''+12.89''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Jason Kander |votes = 6,150 |percentage = 38.77% |change = -10.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Jonathan Dine |votes = 436 |percentage = 2.75% |change = -5.33 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party (United States) |candidate = Johnathan McFarland |votes = 167 |percentage = 1.05% |change = +1.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Constitution Party (United States) |candidate = Fred Ryman |votes = 299 |percentage = 1.88% |change = +1.88 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate β Missouri β Lafayette County (2012)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Todd Akin |votes = 6,663 |percentage = 42.66% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = '''Claire McCaskill''' |votes = '''7,695''' |percentage = '''49.26%''' |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Jonathan Dine |votes = 1,262 |percentage = 8.08% |change = }} {{Election box end}} All of Lafayette County is included in [[MO-05|Missouri's 5th Congressional District]], which is currently represented by [[Emanuel Cleaver]] (D-[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. {{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives β Missouri's 5th Congressional District β Lafayette County (2016)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = '''Emanuel Cleaver II''' |votes = '''5,744''' |percentage = '''36.50%''' |change = '''+3.58''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jacob Turk |votes = 9,505 |percentage = 60.39% |change = -3.58 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Roy Welborn |votes = 490 |percentage = 3.11% |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives β Missouri's 5th Congressional District β Lafayette County (2014)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = '''Emanuel Cleaver II''' |votes = '''3,153''' |percentage = '''32.92%''' |change = '''-6.74''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jacob Turk |votes = 6,128 |percentage = 63.97% |change = +6.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Roy Welborn |votes = 298 |percentage = 3.11% |change = -0.16 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives β Missouriβs 5th Congressional District β Lafayette County (2012)}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = '''Emanuel Cleaver II''' |votes = '''6,202''' |percentage = '''39.66%''' |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jacob Turk |votes = 8,925 |percentage = 57.07% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Randy Langkraehr |votes = 511 |percentage = 3.27% |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{PresHead|place=Lafayette 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>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,720|4,294|234|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,273|4,472|351|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|10,988|4,053|934|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|9,803|5,655|408|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|9,442|6,902|256|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|9,656|6,412|114|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|7,849|6,343|328|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,489|6,118|1,596|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,651|5,213|3,603|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,825|5,654|35|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,581|4,848|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,271|5,792|405|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,823|6,410|72|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|9,187|4,063|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,840|4,859|1,105|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|5,493|7,400|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|8,011|5,555|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|8,133|6,081|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|8,805|6,020|32|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|6,634|5,988|20|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|7,951|5,603|7|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|8,802|6,913|29|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|7,535|7,275|51|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,670|7,906|37|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,687|5,939|32|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|6,517|5,877|529|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|7,471|6,169|94|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|4,049|4,073|126|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,367|3,650|1,442|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3,771|3,865|128|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|3,531|3,583|119|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,311|4,217|101|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,375|4,463|63|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|2,833|3,922|270|Missouri}} {{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|2,819|3,865|146|Missouri}}
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