Editing Howell County, Missouri (section)

===Local===
{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Howell County, Missouri
| assessor          =Daniel Franks
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Cindy Weeks
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Dennis K. Von Allmen
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Mark B. Collins
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Bill Lovelace
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Billy D. Sexton
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Larry Spence
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner           =James T. "Tim" Cherry
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Michael P. Hutchings
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Charm L. Eagleman
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Sharon Trowbridge
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Brent Campbell 
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Ralph Riggs
| surveyorparty     =Republican
| treasurer         =Ernestine Doss
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] predominantly controls politics at the local level in Howell County. Republicans hold all elected positions in the county. District 2 (Southern) Commissioner Billy Sexton took office as a Democrat but announced in 2014 he was changing parties and sought re-election as a Republican.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.westplainsdailyquill.net/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_10f86f40-5949-11e4-bb64-0017a43b2370.html|title=Changing political party affiliation|work=West Plains Daily Quill|access-date=October 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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