Editing Scotland County, Missouri (section)

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

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Scotland County, Missouri
| assessor          =James Ward
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Anita Watkins
| circuitclerkparty =Democratic
| countyclerk       =Batina Dodge
| countyclerkparty  =Democratic
| presiding         =Duane Ebeling
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Danette Clatt
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =David Wiggins
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Kathy Becraft
| collector party   =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| coroner           =Dr. Jeff Davis
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Kimberly J. Nicoli
| prosecutorparty   =Democratic
| administrator     =Patty Freeburg
| administratorparty=Democratic
| recorder          =Dana Glasscock
| recorderparty     =Democratic
| sheriff           =Bryan Whitney
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Robert Revere
| surveyorparty     =Democratic
| treasurer         =Kathy Kiddoo
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}

===State===
{| 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"|'''83.36%''' ''1,553''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|15.19% ''283''
|align="center" |1.45% ''27''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.02%''' ''1,584''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.49% ''342''
|align="center" |1.48% ''29''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''65.32%''' ''1,273''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.30% ''610''
|align="center" |3.38% ''66''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''48.61%''' ''930''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.14% ''921''
|align="center" |3.24% ''62''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.14%''' ''1,197''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|40.91% ''857''
|align="center" |1.96% ''41''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''70.16%''' ''1,507''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|28.63% ''615''
|align="center" |1.22% ''26''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''53.00%''' ''1,129''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|45.16% ''962''
|align="center" |1.84% ''39''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|24.62% ''499''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''72.52%''' ''1,470''
|align="center" |2.86% ''58''
|}

Scotland County is in Missouri's 4th District in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]] and is represented by  [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=004 Craig Redmon] (R-[[Canton, Missouri|Canton]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Scotland County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Craig Redmon'''
  |votes      = '''1,677'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Scotland County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Craig Redmon'''
  |votes      = '''1,276'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Scotland County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Craig Redmon'''
  |votes      = '''1,595'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

Scotland County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem18/ Brian Munzlinger] (R-[[Williamstown, Missouri|Williamstown]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 18 — Scotland County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Brian Munzlinger'''
  |votes      = '''1,244'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Scotland County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''1,283'''
  |percentage = '''66.13%'''
  |change     = '''+19.13'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 570
  |percentage = 29.38%
  |change     = -19.76
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 39
  |percentage = 2.01%
  |change     = -1.85
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 18
  |percentage = 0.93%
  |change     = +0.93
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 30
  |percentage = 1.55%
  |change     = +1.55
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Scotland County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 900
  |percentage = 47.00%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''941'''
  |percentage = '''49.14%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 74
  |percentage = 3.86%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
Scotland County is in [[MO-06|Missouri's 6th Congressional District]] and is represented by [[Sam Graves]] (R-[[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District — Scotland County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''1,509'''
  |percentage = '''79.01%'''
  |change     = '''+4.20'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David M. Blackwell
  |votes      = 333
  |percentage = 17.43%
  |change     = -5.15
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 29
  |percentage = 1.52%
  |change     = -1.09
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mike Diel
  |votes      = 39
  |percentage = 2.04%
  |change     = +2.04
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 6th Congressional District — Scotland County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''1,090'''
  |percentage = '''74.81%'''
  |change     = '''+5.27'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Hedge
  |votes      = 329
  |percentage = 22.58%
  |change     = -5.46
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 38
  |percentage = 2.61%
  |change     = +0.19
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District — Scotland County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''1,265'''
  |percentage = '''69.54%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kyle Yarber
  |votes      = 510
  |percentage = 28.04%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Monchil
  |votes      = 44
  |percentage = 2.42%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{PresHead|place=Scotland 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|1,537|358|25|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|1,560|388|38|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,525|365|91|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,246|643|47|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,249|793|56|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,352|828|17|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,335|790|54|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|773|990|343|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|798|1,070|626|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,248|1,117|7|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,485|1,075|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,592|1,200|77|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,286|1,449|17|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,918|1,269|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,554|1,340|210|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,215|2,187|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,899|1,884|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,735|2,044|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,123|2,093|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,693|2,451|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,058|2,158|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,329|2,435|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,940|2,768|64|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,410|2,738|57|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,350|2,194|22|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,282|2,595|215|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,509|2,124|91|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,243|1,592|65|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|860|1,525|474|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,273|1,564|60|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,354|1,530|89|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,277|1,760|90|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,203|2,077|19|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|940|1,369|515|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,226|1,680|33|Missouri}}

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