Editing Laclede County, Missouri (section)

==Politics==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2014}}

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] completely controls politics at the local level in Laclede County. Republicans currently hold all of the elected positions in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3oVIl8dLblnQ2p3ck5fWHJ0U0E/view |title=Election Results, 2016 |date=November 8, 2016 |website=Laclede County Elections |access-date=September 8, 2019 }}</ref>

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Laclede County, Missouri
| assessor          =Johnny North
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Wanda Tyre
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Glenda Mott
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Danny Rhoades
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Joe Pickering
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Jack Glendenning
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Steve Pickering
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner            =Steve Murrell
| coronerparty    =Republican
|prosecutor        =Jon Morris
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Karen Guinn
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Lynn Stowe
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =David Millsap
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor         =Robert Shotts
| surveyorparty    =Republican
| treasurer         =Jean Cook
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past gubernatorial election results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.59%''' ''13,861''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|16.51% ''2,805''
|align="center" |1.90% ''323''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.58%''' ''13,681''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|16.38% ''2,747''
|align="center" |2.04% ''342''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''70.96%''' ''11,362''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|25.74% ''4,122''
|align="center" |3.30% ''528''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.00%''' ''8,751''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|39.91% ''6,128''
|align="center" |3.09% ''474''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|46.96% ''7,604''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''50.90%''' ''8,242''
|align="center" |2.15% ''348''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''67.23%''' ''9,993''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.78% ''4,724''
|align="center" |1.00% ''148''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''58.33%''' ''7,595''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|39.28% ''5,115''
|align="center" |2.39% ''311''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.01%''' ''6,525''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|40.46% ''4,631''
|align="center" |2.53% ''289''
|}

Laclede County is split between two of Missouri's legislative districts that elect members of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], both of which are represented by Republicans.

*District 123 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=123 Diane Franklin] (R-[[Camdenton, Missouri|Camdenton]]). Consists of the northern and eastern parts of the county, including Falcon and part of Lebanon.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Laclede County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS>{{cite web|title= County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 - Official Results|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State| url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/CountyResults.aspx|date=December 12, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Diane Franklin'''
  |votes      = '''6,194'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Laclede County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Diane Franklin'''
  |votes      = '''2,659'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Laclede County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Diane Franklin'''
  |votes      = '''5,801'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
*District 129 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=129 Sandy Crawford] (R-[[Buffalo, Missouri|Buffalo]]). Consists of the southwestern part of the county, including Conway, Evergreen, Phillipsburg, and most of Lebanon. 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Laclede County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sandy Crawford'''
  |votes      = '''7,885'''
  |percentage = '''89.05%'''
  |change     = '''+5.24'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Charles Matranga
  |votes      = 970
  |percentage = 10.95%
  |change     = +10.95
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Laclede County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sandy Crawford'''
  |votes      = '''3,281'''
  |percentage = '''83.81%'''
  |change     = '''+7.27'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John L. Wilson
  |votes      = 634
  |percentage = 16.19%
  |change     = -7.27
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Laclede County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sandy Crawford'''
  |votes      = '''6,509'''
  |percentage = '''76.54%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John L. Wilson
  |votes      = 1,995
  |percentage = 23.46%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Laclede County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the [[Missouri Senate]]. The seat is currently vacant. The previous incumbent, [[Mike Parson]], was elected lieutenant governor in 2016. 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 28 — Laclede County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Mike Parson'''
  |votes      = '''6,050'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Laclede County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''11,316'''
  |percentage = '''70.53%'''
  |change     = '''+19.78'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 3,965
  |percentage = 24.71%
  |change     = -16.52
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 396
  |percentage = 2.47%
  |change     = -5.54
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 180
  |percentage = 1.12%
  |change     = +1.12
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 186
  |percentage = 1.16%
  |change     = +1.16
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Laclede County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 7,721
  |percentage = 50.75%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''6,278'''
  |percentage = '''41.23%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 1,219
  |percentage = 8.01%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Laclede County is included in [[MO-04|Missouri's 4th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Vicky Hartzler]] (R-[[Harrisonville, Missouri|Harrisonville]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Laclede County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''12,908'''
  |percentage = '''81.49%'''
  |change     = '''+0.49'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gordon Christensen
  |votes      = 2,353
  |percentage = 14.85%
  |change     = +0.52
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mark Bliss
  |votes      = 580
  |percentage = 3.66%
  |change     = -0.92
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Laclede County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''5,654'''
  |percentage = '''81.00%'''
  |change     = '''+6.06'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nate Irvin
  |votes      = 1,000
  |percentage = 14.33%
  |change     = -6.87
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Herschel L. Young
  |votes      = 320
  |percentage = 4.58%
  |change     = +1.87
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate
  |candidate  = Gregory A. Cowan
  |votes      = 6
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change     = +0.09
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — Laclede County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Vicky Hartzler'''
  |votes      = '''11,376'''
  |percentage = '''74.94%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Teresa Hensley
  |votes      = 3,219
  |percentage = 21.20%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Thomas Holbrook
  |votes      = 411
  |percentage = 2.71%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gregory A. Cowan
  |votes      = 175
  |percentage = 1.15%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Political culture====

{{PresHead|place=Laclede 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 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|14,155|2,756|228|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|13,762|2,780|286|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,881|2,553|706|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|10,934|4,093|408|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,875|5,218|286|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|10,578|4,213|78|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,556|4,183|307|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|5,887|4,047|1,565|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,176|4,179|2,867|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,070|3,442|24|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,406|2,665|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,642|3,443|197|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,067|4,381|27|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,152|2,186|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,860|2,958|852|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,848|4,517|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,805|3,156|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,079|3,287|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,312|2,839|4|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,773|3,221|21|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,670|3,011|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,941|3,323|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,258|3,691|28|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,804|3,960|59|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,971|2,031|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,960|2,500|275|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,469|2,183|102|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,877|1,755|101|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,478|1,634|599|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,902|1,681|79|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,874|1,450|150|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,686|1,786|62|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,598|2,120|33|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,376|1,223|594|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|1,274|1,030|539|Missouri}}

===Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)===
{{main|2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary|2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary}}
Former [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] (R-[[Arkansas]]) received more votes, a total of 2,791, than any candidate from either party in Laclede County during the 2008 presidential primary.