Editing Saline County, Missouri (section)

==Government and Politics==

===Local===
The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] predominantly controls politics at the local level in Saline County. Democrats hold all but four of the elected positions in the county.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Saline County, Missouri
| assessor          =Jessica Adcock Goodman
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Rebecca Uhlich
| circuitclerkparty =Democratic
| countyclerk       =Debbie Russell
| countyclerkparty  =Democratic
| presiding          =Becky Plattner
| presidingparty    =Democratic
| district1         =Stephanie Gooden
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Monte Fenner
| district2party    =Democratic
| collector         =Cindi A. Sims
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner            =William “Willie” Harlow
| coronerparty   =Democratic
| prosecutor        =Tim Thompson
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Paula J. Barr
| administratorparty=Democratic
| recorder          =Jamie Nichols
| recorderparty     =Democratic
| sheriff           =Cindy Mullins
| sheriffparty      =Democratic
| surveyor        =Open
| surveyorparty    =Open
| treasurer         =Jared Brewer
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===

====Gubernatorial====
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections 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"|'''69.67%''' ''6,433''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|28.06% ''2,591''
|align="center" |2.27% ''210''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''67.86%''' ''6,443''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|29.83% ''2,832''
|align="center" |2.31% ''219''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2016 Missouri gubernatorial election|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''53.01%''' ''4,901''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.30% ''4,004''
|align="center" |3.69% ''341''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[2012 Missouri gubernatorial election|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|38.46% ''3,489''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''58.15%''' ''5,275''
|align="center" |3.38% ''307''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[2008 Missouri gubernatorial election|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|32.80% ''3,195''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''56.87%''' ''5,540''
|align="center" |10.34% ''1,007''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2004 Missouri gubernatorial election|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|47.46% ''4,691''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.30%''' ''5,071''
|align="center" |1.24% ''123''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[2000 Missouri gubernatorial election|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|42.23% ''3,945''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''56.14%''' ''5,245''
|align="center" |1.63% ''152''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[1996 Missouri gubernatorial election|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|26.11% ''2,315''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''71.45%''' ''6,334''
|align="center" |2.44% ''216''
|}

====Missouri House of Representatives====
Saline County is divided into two legislative districts in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], both represented by Republicans.

*District 48 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=048 Dave Muntzel] (R-[[Boonville, Missouri|Boonville]]). Consists of the communities of Arrow Rock, Gilliam, Miami, Nelson, and Slater.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Saline County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dave Muntzel'''
  |votes      = '''1,588'''
  |percentage = '''76.02%'''
  |change     = '''-23.98'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Debra Dilks
  |votes      = 501
  |percentage = 23.98%
  |change     = +23.98
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Saline County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dave Muntzel'''
  |votes      = '''1,021'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+52.21'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Saline County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dave Muntzel'''
  |votes      = '''1,036'''
  |percentage = '''47.79%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ron Monnig
  |votes      = 1,132
  |percentage = 52.21%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}

*District 51 — [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=051 Dean Dohrman] (R-[[La Monte, Missouri|La Monte]]). Consists of the communities of Blackburn, Emma, Grand Pass, Malta Bend, Marshall, Mt. Leonard, and Sweet Springs.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Saline County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''4,590'''
  |percentage = '''67.64%'''
  |change     = '''+12.69'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Cozort
  |votes      = 2,196
  |percentage = 32.36%
  |change     = -7.87
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Saline County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''2,154'''
  |percentage = '''54.95%'''
  |change     = '''+10.44'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gary L. Grigsby
  |votes      = 1,577
  |percentage = 40.23%
  |change     = -12.07
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 189
  |percentage = 4.82%
  |change     = +1.63
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Saline County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Dean Dohrman'''
  |votes      = '''2,913'''
  |percentage = '''44.51%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gary L. Grigsby
  |votes      = 3,423
  |percentage = 52.30%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 209
  |percentage = 3.19%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Missouri Senate====
All of Saline County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem21/ Denny Hoskins] (R-[[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Saline County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''5,564'''
  |percentage = '''62.57%'''
  |change     = '''+6.35'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = ElGene Ver Dught
  |votes      = 2,758
  |percentage = 31.02%
  |change     = -7.91
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 570
  |percentage = 6.41%
  |change     = +1.56
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Saline County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''David Pearce'''
  |votes      = '''4,911'''
  |percentage = '''56.22%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = ElGene Ver Dught
  |votes      = 3,401
  |percentage = 38.93%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steven Hedrick
  |votes      = 424
  |percentage = 4.85%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
====US Senate====
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Saline County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[Roy Blunt]]'''
  |votes      = '''4,613'''
  |percentage = '''49.92%'''
  |change     = '''+15.29'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jason Kander]]
  |votes      = 4,061
  |percentage = 43.94%
  |change     = -13.13
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 295
  |percentage = 3.19%
  |change     = -5.11
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 142
  |percentage = 1.54%
  |change     = +1.54
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 130
  |percentage = 1.41%
  |change     = +1.41
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Saline County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Todd Akin]]
  |votes      = 3,121
  |percentage = 34.63%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''[[Claire McCaskill]]'''
  |votes      = '''5,143'''
  |percentage = '''57.07%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 748
  |percentage = 8.30%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====US House of Representatives====
All of Saline County is included in [[MO-05|Missouri's 5th Congressional District]], which is represented by [[Emanuel Cleaver]] (D-[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].

{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 5th Congressional District — Saline County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Emanuel Cleaver II'''
  |votes      = '''3,824'''
  |percentage = '''41.83%'''
  |change     = '''+4.69'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jacob Turk
  |votes      = 4,967
  |percentage = 54.34%
  |change     = -4.85
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Roy Welborn
  |votes      = 350
  |percentage = 3.83%
  |change     = +0.16
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 5th Congressional District — Saline County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Emanuel Cleaver II'''
  |votes      = '''1,942'''
  |percentage = '''37.14%'''
  |change     = '''-12.50'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jacob Turk
  |votes      = 3,095
  |percentage = 59.19%
  |change     = +12.42
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Roy Welborn
  |votes      = 192
  |percentage = 3.67%
  |change     = +0.08
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 5th Congressional District — Saline County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Emanuel Cleaver II'''
  |votes      = '''4,439'''
  |percentage = '''49.64%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jacob Turk
  |votes      = 4,183
  |percentage = 46.77%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Randy Langkraehr
  |votes      = 321
  |percentage = 3.59%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Presidential====
{{PresHead|place=Saline 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|6,498|2,726|106|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,451|2,904|178|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,977|2,789|508|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,104|3,790|214|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,962|4,712|174|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,389|4,479|71|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|4,572|4,585|198|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,931|4,765|1,158|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,688|4,643|2,835|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|4,625|5,039|32|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,042|4,281|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,218|4,943|415|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,883|5,890|72|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,641|3,460|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,698|4,646|704|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,635|7,308|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,085|5,969|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,970|5,841|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,926|6,318|27|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,822|7,185|22|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|6,022|6,715|16|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|7,336|7,988|28|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|6,108|8,622|46|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,783|8,389|73|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,780|6,251|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|4,990|6,564|571|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|5,613|7,114|85|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,966|4,503|95|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,443|3,929|1,520|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|2,926|4,189|69|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|2,805|3,710|151|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,814|4,901|121|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,050|5,615|87|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|2,622|4,565|685|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|2,684|4,386|253|Missouri}}

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