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==Law, government, and politics== ===Government=== The Clay County government is a constitutional body and is granted specific powers by the Constitution of North Carolina, most of which are determined by the state's General Assembly. The county is governed by an elected five member four-year term Board of Commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=County Government {{!}} Clay County {{!}} NC Government {{!}} United States |url=https://www.clayconc.com/ |access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref> Clay County is a member of the regional [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Southwestern Commission Council of Governments]]. The county's annual operating budget is $24.1 million as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Becky |date=2023-06-22 |title=Commission approves $24 plus million county budget |url=https://www.claycountyprogress.com/local/commission-approves-24-plus-million-county-budget?check_logged_in=1 |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=[[Clay County Progress]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Hayesville, NC}}</ref> ===Politics=== In the [[North Carolina Senate]], Clay County is part of the [[North Carolina's 50th Senate district|50th Senate district]] and is represented by Republican [[Jim Davis (North Carolina politician)|Jim Davis]]. In the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], Clay County is part of the [[North Carolina's 120th House district|120th district]], represented by Republican [[Kevin Corbin]]. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Clay County since [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976. [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996 was the last Democratic candidate to reach forty percent of the county's vote. Before the [[Progressive Era]], Clay County was uniformly Democratic, but since [[Charles Evans Hughes]] became the first Republican to carry the county in 1916, it has voted for the GOP in all but five elections. {{PresHead|place=Clay County, North Carolina|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 15, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,761|1,899|68|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,112|1,699|82|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,437|1,367|206|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,973|1,579|90|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,707|1,734|102|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,209|1,628|29|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,416|1,361|75|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,769|1,462|424|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,890|1,600|470|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,174|1,289|17|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,259|1,340|20|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,136|1,324|87|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,428|1,569|15|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,545|797|28|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,390|847|293|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,286|1,457|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,657|1,264|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,442|1,287|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,443|1,439|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,213|1,307|55|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,263|1,245|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,176|1,349|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|1,525|1,340|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,265|1,341|8|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,106|903|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,090|953|18|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|911|755|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|453|400|0|North Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1912|Progressive|17|372|387|North Carolina}} ===Law and public safety=== The Clay County sheriff's office is the sole policing agency for the county. The sheriff protects the court and county owned facilities, manages the jail, and provides patrol and detective services. The Clay County sheriff’s office employed 22 officers and 15 detention officers as of 2025. The department’s 2024-2025 budget is $3.77 million. The office fielded more than 8,000 service calls in 2024, including 212 motor vehicle accidents, 12 sexual assaults, and 59 calls for breaking and entering. The department conducted 728 vehicle stops that year. Clay County’s detention center had 339 bookings in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Mark |date=2025-02-27 |title=Sheriff provides detailed 2024 county responses |url=https://www.claycountyprogress.com/local/sheriff-provides-detailed-2024-county-responses |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=[[Clay County Progress]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Hayesville, NC |page=A2}}</ref>
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