Editing Perry County, Missouri (section)

===State===
Perry County is divided into two districts in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], both of which are held by Republicans.

*District 116 - Currently represented by [[Dale Wright (politician)]] (R-[[Farmington, MO|Farmington]]) and includes North of the city of Perryville as well as some area east and west of the city. Wright has represented the district since 2018.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 116 – Perry County (2020)<ref name="perrycountymo.us">{{Cite web |url=https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3771/November-3-2020-General-Election-Results |title=November 3, 2020 General Election Results |access-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217051308/https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3771/November-3-2020-General-Election-Results |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dale Wright'''
  |votes      = '''2,592'''
  |percentage = '''99.35%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 116 – Perry County (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2018-11-06-state_house-MO-26341/|title = Missouri State House - District 116 Election Results &#124; USA TODAY|website = [[USA Today]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dale Wright'''
  |votes      = '''1,759'''
  |percentage = '''75.40%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Kramer
  |votes      = 575
  |percentage = 24.60%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 116 – Perry County (2016)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |url=https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3667/November-8-2016-General-Election-Official-Results |title=November 8, 3016 General Election Results |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227221917/https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3667/November-8-2016-General-Election-Official-Results |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Kevin Engler'''
  |votes      = '''2,330'''
  |percentage = '''99.32%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 116 – Perry County (2014)<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url=https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3659/November-4-2014-General-Election-Official-Results |title=November 4, 2014 General Election Results |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227221918/https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3659/November-4-2014-General-Election-Official-Results |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Kevin Engler'''
  |votes      = '''1,288'''
  |percentage = '''99.31%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 116 – Perry County (2012)<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web |url=https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3658/November-6-2012-General-Election-Official-Results |title=November 6, 3013 General Election Results |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227221920/https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3658/November-6-2012-General-Election-Official-Results |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Kevin Engler'''
  |votes      = '''2,107'''
  |percentage = '''99.25%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 145 - Currently represented by [[Rick Francis]] (R-[[Perryville, Missouri]]) and includes the rest of Perry County (Altenburg, Biehle, Frohna, Longtown).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 145 – Perry County (2020)<ref name="perrycountymo.us"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rick Francis'''
  |votes      = '''5,201'''
  |percentage = '''84.98%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mike Lindley
  |votes      = 916
  |percentage = 14.97%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 145 – Perry County (2018)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/elections/results/race/2018-11-06-state_house-MO-26399/ | title=Missouri State House - District 145 Election Results &#124; the Commercial Appeal }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rick Francis'''
  |votes      = '''3,929'''
  |percentage = '''83.0%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ronald Pember
  |votes      = 807
  |percentage = 17.0%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 145 – Perry County (2016)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Rick Francis'''
  |votes      = '''4,509'''
  |percentage = '''80.75%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ronald Pember
  |votes      = 869
  |percentage = 15.57%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |candidate  = Victoria (Tori) Proffer
  |votes      = 199
  |percentage = 3.56%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 145 – Perry County (2014)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Shelly (White) Keeney'''
  |votes      = '''2,451'''
  |percentage = '''79.04%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Charles Elrod
  |votes      = 645
  |percentage = 20.807%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 145 – Perry County (2012)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Shelly (White) Keeney'''
  |votes      = '''4,131'''
  |percentage = '''99.30%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Perry County is a part of Missouri's 27th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [[Missouri Senate|State Senator]] [[Holly Rehder]] (R-[[Scott City, Missouri|Scott City]]). The 27th Senatorial District consists of [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger]], [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]], [[Madison County, Missouri|Madison]], [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]], Perry, and [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott]] counties.

{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Senate – District 27 – Perry County (2020)<ref name="perrycountymo.us"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Holly Rehder'''
  |votes      = '''7,379'''
  |percentage = '''81.57%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Donnie Owens
  |votes      = 1,663
  |percentage = 18.38%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Senate – District 27 – Perry County (2016)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Wayne Wallingford'''
  |votes      = '''6,233'''
  |percentage = '''77.59%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Donnie Owens
  |votes      = 1,791
  |percentage = 22.30%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Senate – District 27 – Perry County (2012)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Wayne Wallingford'''
  |votes      = '''6,397'''
  |percentage = '''98.98%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Senate – District 27 – Perry County (2008)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3656/November-4-2008-General-Election-Official-Results |title=November 4, 2008 General Election Results |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227221922/https://perrycountymo.us/DocumentCenter/View/3656/November-4-2008-General-Election-Official-Results |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jason Crowell'''
  |votes      = '''5,506'''
  |percentage = '''68.79%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Linda Sanders
  |votes      = 2,496
  |percentage = 31.18%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}

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|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''82.46%''' ''7,847''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|15.77% ''1,501''
|align="center" |1.77% ''168''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.12%''' ''7,595''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.41% ''1,630''
|align="center" |1.45% ''136''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2016 Missouri gubernatorial election|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''66.39%''' ''5,725''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|30.89% ''2,664''
|align="center" |2.65% ''229''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.57%''' ''4,057''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|46.36% ''3,647''
|align="center" |2.07% ''163''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.85%''' ''4,391''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|46.24% ''3,916''
|align="center" |1.90% ''161''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''64.57%''' ''5,293''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|34.43% ''2,822''
|align="center" |1.00% ''82''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''65.33%''' ''4,735''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|33.37% ''2,419''
|align="center" |1.30% ''94''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|48.94% ''3,307''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''49.62%''' ''3,353''
|align="center" |1.44% ''97''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.65%''' ''4,020''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.35% ''3,076''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1988|1988]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''74.11%''' ''4,459''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|25.49% ''1,534''
|align="center" |0.40% ''24''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1984|1984]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''68.20%''' ''4,309''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.80% ''2,009''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1980|1980]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.14%''' ''4,333''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.81% ''3,381''
|align="center" |0.05% ''4''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1976|1976]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''64.46%''' ''4,416''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|35.44% ''2,428''
|align="center" |0.10% ''7''
|}