Editing Randolph County, Missouri (section)

==Politics==

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] mostly controls politics at the local level in Randolph County. 

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Randolph County, Missouri
| assessor          =Kevin Stone
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Michelle Chapman
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Terri Maddox
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Sid Conklin
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Jason Lowry
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Austin Kyser
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Michelle Lee
| collectorparty    =
| coroner           =Charlie Peel
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Stephanie Lunsford
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Sid Conklin
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Mark Lowrey
| recorderparty     =
| sheriff           =Andy Boggs
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Edward Carpenter
| surveyorparty     =Democratic
| treasurer         =Kyle Mayo 
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
|- style="background:lightgray"
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''74.92%''' ''8,177''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|22.99% ''2,509''
|style="text-align:center" |2.10% ''229''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''73.28%''' ''7,842''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|23.66% ''2,532''
|style="text-align:center" |3.06% ''328''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''62.77%''' ''6,505''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|34.36% ''3,561''
|style="text-align:center" |2.87% ''298''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''51.09%''' ''5,055''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|45.39% ''4,491''
|style="text-align:center" |3.53% ''349''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''53.49%''' ''5,652''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|44.48% ''4,700''
|style="text-align:center" |2.02% ''214''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|'''57.60%''' ''5,841''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|41.09% ''4,167''
|style="text-align:center" |1.30% ''132''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|44.50% ''4,066''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|'''53.60%''' ''4,897''
|style="text-align:center" |1.90% ''174''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3"|31.73% ''2,852''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff"|'''65.59%''' ''5,895''
|style="text-align:center" |2.67% ''240''
|}

Most of Randolph County is a part of Missouri's 6th District in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]]. The southern portions of the county are in the 44th, 47th, and 48th Districts.
*District 6 — [[Ed Lewis (Missouri politician)|Ed Lewis]] (R-[[Moberly, Missouri|Moberly]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 6 — Randolph County (2024)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate   = '''[[Ed Lewis (Missouri politician)|Ed Lewis]]'''
  |votes       = '''13,234'''
  |percentage  = '''76.9%'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate   = John Akins
  |votes       = 3,622
  |percentage  = 21.5%
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 44 — [[John Martin (Missouri politician)|John Martin]] (R).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Randolph County (2024)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate   = '''[[John Martin (Missouri politician)|John Martin]]'''
  |votes       = '''12,864'''
  |percentage  = '''64.7%'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate   = David Raithel
  |votes       = 7,023
  |percentage  = 35.3%
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 47 — [[Adrian Plank]] (D).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Randolph County (2024)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate   = '''Adrian Plank'''
  |votes       = '''11,600'''
  |percentage  = '''54.5%'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 48 — [[Tim Taylor (politician)|Tim Taylor]] (R-[[Booneville, Missouri|Booneville]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Randolph County (2024)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate   = '''[[Tim Taylor (politician)|Tim Taylor]]'''
  |votes       = '''14,478'''
  |percentage  = '''77.4%'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate   = Joseph Jefferies
  |votes       = 4,228
  |percentage  = 22.6%
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Randolph County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the [[Missouri Senate]], represented by [[Cindy O'Laughlin]] (R)
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Randolph County (2022)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate   = '''[[Cindy O'Laughlin]]'''
  |votes       = '''42,989'''
  |percentage  = '''75.8%'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party       = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate   = Ayanna Shivers
  |votes       = 13,739
  |percentage  = 24.2%
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Randolph County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''6,135'''
  |percentage = '''59.23%'''
  |change     = '''+11.07'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 3,656
  |percentage = 35.30%
  |change     = −8.16
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 309
  |percentage = 2.98%
  |change     = −5.40
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 126
  |percentage = 1.22%
  |change     = +1.22
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 132
  |percentage = 1.27%
  |change     = +1.27
  }}
{{Election box end}}

   
All of Randolph County is included in [[Missouri's 4th congressional district]] and is currently represented by [[Sam Graves]] (R-[[Tarkio, Missouri]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://s1.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/2012_CongressionalMap.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701130437/http://s1.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/2012_CongressionalMap.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=live|title=Missouri Congressional Map|website=sos.mo.gov|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hartzler.house.gov/|title=Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler |language=en|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Randolph County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''7,193'''
  |percentage = '''70.84%'''
  |change     = '''−0.01'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gordon Christensen
  |votes      = 2,440
  |percentage = 24.03%
  |change     = +1.00
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mark Bliss
  |votes      = 521
  |percentage = 5.13%
  |change     = −0.99
  }}
{{Election box end}}

{{PresHead|place=Randolph 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 26, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|8,322|2,571|135|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,018|2,485|254|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,529|2,283|596|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,667|3,031|277|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,457|3,984|215|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,551|3,586|61|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,844|4,116|226|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,274|4,502|1,209|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,025|4,951|2,234|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|4,384|5,291|20|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,735|4,471|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,141|4,884|251|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,594|5,839|48|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,195|3,814|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3,582|4,810|893|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,485|6,988|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,180|6,434|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,709|6,797|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,968|7,501|27|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,256|7,912|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,879|7,629|17|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,319|9,155|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,723|9,733|35|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,575|9,294|66|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|4,825|6,008|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,991|7,372|1,206|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,768|8,115|85|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,111|5,081|83|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,126|4,186|828|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,953|4,245|82|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|2,139|3,351|201|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,932|4,006|125|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,162|4,097|43|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,709|3,695|203|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,890|3,481|156|Missouri}}