Editing Miller County, Missouri (section)

==Government and Politics==
===Political culture===
Like most counties in rural western Missouri, Miller County is very Republican. It hasn't supported a Democrat for president since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932. The only other time it supported a Democrat in the 20th century was in 1912, when [[Woodrow Wilson]] carried the county against a mortally divided GOP. [[Lyndon Johnson]] is the last Democrat to garner even 40 percent of the county's vote.

Underlining how Republican the county has been over the years, it rejected native son [[Harry Truman]] in 1944 as Roosevelt's running mate, and when he headed the ticket himself in 1948. 

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] completely controls politics at the local level in Miller County. Republicans currently hold all of the elected positions in the county.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Miller County, Missouri
| assessor          =Joseph Cochran
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Sheila Curtman
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Clinton Jenkins
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Kevin Cardwell
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Don Abbett
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Travis Rowden 
| district2party    =Republican
| coroner           =Caleb Shelton
| coronerparty      = Republican
| collector         =Jody Vance
| collectorparty    =Republican
| prosecutor        =Matthew Howard
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Theresa Lupardus
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Kathy Plemmons
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Louis Gregoire
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Rick Wilson
| surveyorparty     =Republican
| treasurer         =Phil Lawson
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===
====Gubernatorial====
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results<ref name="millercountymissouri.org">https://www.millercountymissouri.org/_files/ugd/cbf041_924e0da3013e4af68b4a61f81d777aa4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|- 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"|'''82.84%''' ''10,638''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|14.76% ''1,893''
|align="center" |2.40% ''308''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''82.82%''' ''10,212''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|15.31% ''1,888''
|align="center" |1.87% ''231''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''69.65%''' ''7,924''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|27.37% ''3,114''
|align="center" |2.98% ''339''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''59.85%''' ''6,547''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|36.67% ''4,012''
|align="center" |3.48% ''381''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''55.86%''' ''6,414''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|42.31% ''4,858''
|align="center" |1.84% ''211''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''67.76%''' ''7,331''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.15% ''3,370''
|align="center" |1.09% ''118''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.12%''' ''5,343''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|39.38% ''3,684''
|align="center" |3.50% ''327''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|45.28% ''3,984''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.76%''' ''4,554''
|align="center" |2.97% ''261''
|}

====Missouri House of Representatives====
Miller County is divided into four legislative districts in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], all of which are represented by Republicans.

*District 58 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=058 David Wood] (R-[[Versailles, Missouri|Versailles]]). Consists of the city of Eldon.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Miller County (2020)<ref name="millercountymissouri.org">https://www.millercountymissouri.org/_files/ugd/cbf041_924e0da3013e4af68b4a61f81d777aa4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[Willard Haley]]'''
  |votes      = '''2,307'''
  |percentage = '''98.67%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = 
  |candidate  = Write In
  |votes      = 31
  |percentage = 1.33%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS>{{cite web|title= County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 - Official Results|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/CountyResults.aspx|date=December 12, 2016|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[David Wood (politician)|David Wood]]'''
  |votes      = '''1,940'''
  |percentage = '''83.40%'''
  |change     = -16.60
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Travis Maupin
  |votes      = 386
  |percentage = 16.60%
  |change     = +16.60
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Wood'''
  |votes      = '''1,021'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Wood'''
  |votes      = '''2,067'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 59 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=059 Mike Bernskoetter] (R-[[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]). Consists of the community of Olean.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 59 — Miller County (2020)<ref name="millercountymissouri.org">https://www.millercountymissouri.org/_files/ugd/cbf041_924e0da3013e4af68b4a61f81d777aa4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[Rudy Veit]]'''
  |votes      = '''1,056'''
  |percentage = '''99.15%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = 
  |candidate  = Write In
  |votes      = 9
  |percentage = 0.85%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 59 — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Bernskoetter'''
  |votes      = '''941'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+13.18%'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 59 — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Bernskoetter'''
  |votes      = '''428'''
  |percentage = '''86.82%'''
  |change     = '''+8.73'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Michael Eberle
  |votes      = 65
  |percentage = 13.18%
  |change     = +13.18
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 59 — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Bernskoetter'''
  |votes      = '''802'''
  |percentage = '''78.09%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Vonnieta E. Trickey
  |votes      = 225
  |percentage = 21.91%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 62 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=062 Tom Hurst] (R-[[Meta, Missouri|Meta]]). Consists of the community of St. Elizabeth.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Miller County (2020)<ref name="millercountymissouri.org">https://www.millercountymissouri.org/_files/ugd/cbf041_924e0da3013e4af68b4a61f81d777aa4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[Bruce Sassmann]]'''
  |votes      = '''877'''
  |percentage = '''89.95%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nancy Ragan
  |votes      = 97
  |percentage = 9.95%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''878'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''450'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+23.17'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 62 — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Tom Hurst'''
  |votes      = '''703'''
  |percentage = '''76.83%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Greg Stratman
  |votes      = 212
  |percentage = 23.17%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 124 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=124 Rocky Miller] (R-[[Lake Ozark, Missouri|Lake Ozark]]). Consists of most of the county, including the communities of Bagnell, Brumley, Iberia, Kaiser, Lake Ozark, Lakeside, Osage Beach, Tuscumbia, and Ulman.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Miller County (2020)<ref name="millercountymissouri.org">https://www.millercountymissouri.org/_files/ugd/cbf041_924e0da3013e4af68b4a61f81d777aa4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Lisa Thomas'''
  |votes      = '''6,449'''
  |percentage = '''98.90%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = 
  |candidate  = Write In
  |votes      = 72
  |percentage = 1.10%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rockay Miller'''
  |votes      = '''6,140'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rocky Miller'''
  |votes      = '''2,842'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rocky Miller'''
  |votes      = '''5,717'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Missouri Senate====
All of Miller County is a part of Missouri's 6th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem06/ Mike Kehoe] (R-[[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]). 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 6 — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Kehoe'''
  |votes      = '''4,547'''
  |percentage = '''85.37%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mollie Kristen Freebairn
  |votes      = 779
  |percentage = 14.63%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
====US Senate====
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''7,760'''
  |percentage = '''68.47%'''
  |change     = '''+12.45'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 3,032
  |percentage = 26.75%
  |change     = -9.27
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 303
  |percentage = 2.67%
  |change     = -5.29
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 114
  |percentage = 1.01%
  |change     = +1.01
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 124
  |percentage = 1.09%
  |change     = +1.09
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 6,084
  |percentage = 56.02%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''3,912'''
  |percentage = '''36.02%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 865
  |percentage = 7.96%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}


====US House of Representatives====
All of Miller County is included in [[MO-03|Missouri's 3rd Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Blaine Luetkemeyer]] (R-[[St. Elizabeth, Missouri|St. Elizabeth]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. 
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District — Miller County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''9,228'''
  |percentage = '''82.06%'''
  |change     = '''-0.69'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kevin Miller
  |votes      = 1,641
  |percentage = 14.59%
  |change     = +0.94
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dan Hogan
  |votes      = 278
  |percentage = 2.47%
  |change     = -1.13
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doanita Simmons
  |votes      = 99
  |percentage = 0.88%
  |change     = +0.88
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Miller County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''4,436'''
  |percentage = '''82.75%'''
  |change     = '''+3.62'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Courtney Denton
  |votes      = 732
  |percentage = 13.65%
  |change     = -3.57
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Hedrick
  |votes      = 193
  |percentage = 3.60%
  |change     = -0.05
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Miller County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Blaine Luetkemeyer'''
  |votes      = '''8,548'''
  |percentage = '''79.13%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Eric C. Mayer
  |votes      = 1,860
  |percentage = 17.22%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Wilson
  |votes      = 394
  |percentage = 3.65%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Presidential====
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|10,826|2,067|118|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,176|2,038|183|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,285|1,750|447|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,099|2,651|298|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,797|3,553|213|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,797|2,959|75|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,945|3,217|194|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,387|3,110|1,242|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,175|2,905|2,407|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,662|2,555|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,706|2,054|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,560|2,469|156|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,095|2,739|32|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,682|1,598|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,425|1,727|668|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,784|2,858|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,482|2,584|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,085|2,535|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,237|2,426|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,088|2,514|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,609|2,229|12|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,971|3,113|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,607|3,436|43|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,615|3,776|44|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,379|1,979|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,011|1,962|388|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,555|1,833|86|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,862|1,395|97|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,240|1,257|684|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,016|1,393|99|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,959|1,351|82|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,796|1,493|60|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,707|1,694|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,497|1,076|349|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|1,596|1,195|56|Missouri}}

===Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)===
{{main|2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary|2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary}}
Former [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] (R-[[Arkansas]]) received more votes, a total of 1,406, than any candidate from either party in Miller County during the 2008 presidential primary.

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