Editing Clark County, Washington (section)

==Government and politics==

Since 2014, Clark County has had a [[home rule]] charter with a [[council–manager government]]. The [[Clark County Council]] was created in 2014 and has five seats elected by districts of proportional size that are redrawn every 10 years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phiel |first=Shari |date=October 6, 2021 |title=Voters to weigh in on Clark County charter amendments |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/oct/06/voters-to-weigh-in-on-clark-county-charter-amendments/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |work=The Columbian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Phiel |first=Shari |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Clark County Council again splits on new district map |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/apr/27/clark-county-council-again-splits-on-new-district-map/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |work=The Columbian}}</ref> Prior to the adoption of the home rule charter, the county had a three-member commission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henriksen |first=Nan |last2=Foster |first2=Steve |date=April 28, 2015 |title=A Brief History of the Development and Passage of Clark County's Home Rule Charter |url=https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/april-2015/summary-of-clark-county-2014-home-rule-charter-pas |access-date=January 15, 2024 |publisher=[[Municipal Research and Services Center]]}}</ref> The [[county executive|county manager]] is the chief executive officer appointed by the council and oversees the administrative departments of the government. Kathleen Otto has been the county manager of Clark County since her appointment to the role in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=County Manager |url=https://clark.wa.gov/county-manager |access-date=January 15, 2024 |publisher=Clark County}}</ref>

{{as of|2020}}, the current elected officials are:<ref name="clarkcounty_20200102_orgchart">{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2020 |title=Clark County Washington Organization Chart |url=https://www.clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/dept/files/public-information-and-outreach/orgchart_916.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209230345/https://www.clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/dept/files/public-information-and-outreach/orgchart_916.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=February 9, 2020}}</ref>

* Assessor - Peter Van Nortwick (R)
* Auditor - Greg Kimsey (R)
* Clerk - Scott Weber (R)
* Councilors 
** District 1 Glen Yung (NP)
** District 2 Michelle Belkot (NP)
** District 3 Karen Bowerman - County Chair (NP)
** District 4 Gary Medvigy (NP)
** District 5 Sue Marshall (NP)
* Prosecuting Attorney - Tony Golik (D)
* Sheriff - John Horch (NP)
* Treasurer - Alishia Topper (NP)
In Presidential elections, Clark County leans Democratic having voted for the party in every presidential election since 2008. This is in contrast to the rest of Southwest Washington, which leans Republican. Before 2008 Clark County was a swing county having voted for the winner in every single election between 1900 and 2004 with the exception of 1916, 1956, 1968, and 1988.{{PresHead|place=Clark County, Washington|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 6, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 2,082 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 966 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 513 votes, and [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] candidate [[Arthur Reimer]] received 28 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|92,441|92,757|23,287|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|92,951|93,382|5,843|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|84,212|95,356|4,357|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|88,646|79,538|2,311|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|67,219|61,767|6,558|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|46,794|52,254|13,682|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|36,906|42,648|26,982|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|37,285|40,021|1,000|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|40,681|35,248|1,028|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|33,223|30,584|8,268|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|27,938|31,080|2,183|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|28,775|27,179|2,615|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|18,858|23,046|2,570|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|12,300|29,341|149|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|20,080|20,771|17|Washington (state)}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|19,330|19,665|51|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|18,973|18,153|202|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|11,546|17,154|1,432|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|12,312|18,861|376|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|8,776|12,931|218|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,868|12,714|972|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,901|9,104|1,155|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,786|4,467|189|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,215|2,004|3,735|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,852|2,941|1,502|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|4,419|3,728|885|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,872|2,549|3,589|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,416|1,250|441|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,436|515|438|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,668|1,025|189|Washington}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,497|1,547|60|Washington}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|1,089|966|541|Washington}}