Editing Moniteau County, Missouri (section)

==Politics==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2014}}

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

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Moniteau County, Missouri
| assessor          =Melissa Hentges
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Michele A. Higgins
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Roberta Elliott
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding          =Kenneth Kunze
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Tony Barry
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Greg Robinson
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Ellen Ash
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner             =Loyd Fulks
| coronerparty    =Republican
| prosecutor        =Mary Kay Lutz
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Cher King Caudel
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Michele A. Higgins
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Tony Wheatley
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Joseph Bax
| surveyorparty     =Democratic
| treasurer         =Sarah B. Jones
| 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"|'''81.27%''' ''5,879''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|16.09% ''1,164''
|align="center" |2.64% ''191''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''80.87%''' ''5,784''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.30% ''1,237''
|align="center" |1.83% ''131''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''64.06%''' ''4,351''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|33.22% ''2,256''
|align="center" |2.72% ''185''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''55.65%''' ''3,568''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|41.32% ''2,649''
|align="center" |3.03% ''194''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''54.25%''' ''3,617''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|44.26% ''2,951''
|align="center" |1.48% ''99''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''66.81%''' ''4,480''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|32.48% ''2,178''
|align="center" |0.71% ''48''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''53.09%''' ''3,217''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|44.38% ''2,689''
|align="center" |2.52% ''153''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|36.16% ''1,973''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''61.22%''' ''3,340''
|align="center" |2.62% ''143''
|}

Moniteau County is split between two of the districts that elect members of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]]; both of which elected Republicans, although one seat is currently vacant.
*District 50 — (Currently vacant.) Consists of the communities of California, Jamestown, and Lupus.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Moniteau County (2016)<ref name=MoSoS>{{cite web|title= County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|date=December 12, 2016|url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/CountyResults.aspx|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Caleb Jones'''
  |votes      = '''2,812'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Moniteau County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Caleb Jones'''
  |votes      = '''1,470'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Moniteau County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Caleb Jones'''
  |votes      = '''2,633'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

*District 58 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=058 David Wood] (R-[[Versailles, Missouri|Versailles]]). Consists of the communities of Clarksburg, Fortuna, High Point, Latham, and Tipton.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Moniteau County (2016)<ref name=MoSoS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Wood'''
  |votes      = '''2,872'''
  |percentage = '''83.71%'''
  |change     = '''-16.29'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Travis Maupin
  |votes      = 559
  |percentage = 16.29%
  |change     = +16.29
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Moniteau County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Wood'''
  |votes      = '''1,537'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 58 — Moniteau County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Wood'''
  |votes      = '''2,842'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Moniteau 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 — Moniteau County (2014)<ref name=MoSoS14>{{cite web|title=County Results - State of Missouri - General Election - November 4, 2014|url=http://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/CountyResults.aspx|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Kehoe'''
  |votes      = '''2,796'''
  |percentage = '''81.75%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mollie Kristen Fairbairn
  |votes      = 624
  |percentage = 18.25%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Moniteau County (2016)<ref name=MoSoS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''4,431'''
  |percentage = '''65.29%'''
  |change     = '''+10.49'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 2,097
  |percentage = 30.90%
  |change     = -6.76
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 143
  |percentage = 2.11%
  |change     = -5.43
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 56
  |percentage = 0.83%
  |change     = +0.83
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 60
  |percentage = 0.88%
  |change     = +0.88
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Moniteau County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 3,483
  |percentage = 54.80%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''2,394'''
  |percentage = '''37.66%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 479
  |percentage = 7.54%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Moniteau 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 4th Congressional District — Moniteau County (2016)<ref name=MoSoS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''5,161'''
  |percentage = '''77.38%'''
  |change     = '''+1.58'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gordon Christensen
  |votes      = 1,272
  |percentage = 19.07%
  |change     = +0.71
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mark Bliss
  |votes      = 237
  |percentage = 3.55%
  |change     = -2.29
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Moniteau County (2014)<ref name=MoSoS14/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''2,596'''
  |percentage = '''75.80%'''
  |change     = '''+6.45'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nate Irvin
  |votes      = 629
  |percentage = 18.36%
  |change     = -9.16
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Herschel L. Young
  |votes      = 200
  |percentage = 5.84%
  |change     = +3.46
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Moniteau County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''4,368'''
  |percentage = '''69.35%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Teresa Hensley
  |votes      = 1,733
  |percentage = 27.52%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Thomas Holbrook
  |votes      = 150
  |percentage = 2.38%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Greg Cowan
  |votes      = 47
  |percentage = 0.75%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Political culture====

The county leans heavily Republican in presidential elections and has not voted for a Democratic candidate since [[1948 United States presidential election in Missouri|1948]] - when [[Harry S. Truman]] (a Missouri native) was elected to a term in his own right.

{{PresHead|place=Moniteau 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>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,877|1,313|85|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,744|1,308|105|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,347|1,237|246|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,704|1,608|131|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,467|2,084|114|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,743|1,913|35|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,764|2,176|125|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,603|2,129|733|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,566|2,018|1,504|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,502|1,936|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,197|1,614|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,430|2,284|120|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,077|2,462|16|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,963|1,395|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,210|1,687|586|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,758|2,624|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,453|2,271|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,239|2,552|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,658|2,416|7|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,594|2,787|4|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,237|2,327|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,627|2,922|7|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,238|3,210|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,331|3,767|16|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,496|2,310|33|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,138|2,601|163|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,535|2,405|54|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,748|1,675|53|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,375|1,612|319|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,691|1,763|96|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,756|1,763|156|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,684|1,876|178|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,580|2,096|31|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,326|1,340|664|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|1,448|1,436|417|Missouri}}