Editing Anderson County, Texas (section)

==Government and politics==

=== Government ===
Anderson County is governed by a commissioners' court. It consists of the [[county judge]], who is elected at-large and presides over the full court, and four commissioners, who are elected from the county's four single-member precincts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.co.anderson.tx.us/default.aspx?Anderson_County/Home|title=www.co.anderson.tx.us/default.aspx?Anderson_County/Home|website=www.co.anderson.tx.us|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.txdirectory.com/online/county/detail.php?id=1|title=Counties: Anderson - Texas State Directory Online|website=www.txdirectory.com|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>

====County commissioners====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County judge
|Robert D. Johnston
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 1
|Greg Chapin
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 2
|Rashad Mims
|Democratic
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 3
|Kenneth Dickson
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 4
|Joey Hill
|Republican
|}
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====County officials====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County clerk
|Mark Staples
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Criminal district attorney
|Allyson Mitchell
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|District clerk
|Teresa Coker
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Sheriff
|W. R. (Rudy) Flores
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Tax assessor-collector
|Teri Garvey Hanks
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Treasurer
|Tara Holliday
|Republican
|}
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====Constables====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 1
|David Franklin
|
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 2
|Doug Lightfoot
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 3
|Kim Dickson
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 4
|James Muniz
|Republican
|}
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====State prisons====
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates state prisons for men in the county. The prisons [[Beto Unit|Beto]], [[Coffield Unit|Coffield]], [[Michael Unit|Michael]], and [[Powledge Unit|Powledge]] units and the [[Gurney Unit]] transfer facility are located in an [[unincorporated area]] {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of [[Palestine, Texas|Palestine]].<ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/b2.htm Powledge Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201406/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/b2.htm|date=July 25, 2010}}. [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved May 13, 2010.</ref> The Beto Unit has the Correctional Institutions Division Region II maintenance headquarters.<ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/b.htm Beto Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200918/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/b.htm|date=July 25, 2010}}. [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved June 5, 2010.</ref>

===Courts===

====Justices of the peace====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 1
|Gary Thomas
|-
| bgcolor="" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 2
|Tammy Lightfoot
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 3
|James Todd
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Precinct 4
|James Westley
|Republican
|}
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==== County court at law ====
Jeff Doran, a Republican, is the judge of the county court at law.
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====District courts====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|3rd district court
|Mark Calhoon
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|87th district court
|Deborah Oakes Evans
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|349th district court
|Pam Foster Fletcher
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|369th district court
|Michael Davis
|Republican
|}
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===Politics===
Anderson is a strongly Republican county, voting Republican in every election since 1980 (as of 2020). The county last voted Democratic in 1976, when Jimmy Carter won 57% of the county's votes. Hillary Clinton managed to win just 19.8% of the vote in the county, the least of any presidential candidate since 1944.
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{{PresRow|2008|Republican|11,884|4,630|141|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,525|4,678|98|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,835|5,041|204|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,458|5,693|1,249|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,598|5,322|3,546|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,858|6,128|59|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,634|4,747|42|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,970|5,163|197|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,172|5,499|44|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,826|2,233|6|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,828|3,447|3,196|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,362|4,809|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,642|3,296|44|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,181|2,710|23|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,637|3,462|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,199|3,242|757|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|467|4,342|665|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|688|5,281|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|289|3,749|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|259|4,354|14|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,814|1,747|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|562|374|255|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|323|2,355|1,248|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|501|1,984|192|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|444|1,737|110|Texas}}
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