Editing Clark County, Missouri (section)

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

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] controls politics at the local level in Clark County. As of 2018, Republicans hold nine of fourteen of the elected positions in the county.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Clark County, Missouri
| assessor          =John Campbell
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Kimberly Smith
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Kelly Waples
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Steven Krueger
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Timothy Harper
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Joseph Humes
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Michelle Allen
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner           =Edwin Wilson
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Lindsay Gravett
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Melissa Vigen
| administratorparty=Democratic
| recorder          =Melissa Bevans
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Shawn Webster
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Kevin Flood
| surveyorparty     =Republican
| treasurer         =Roberta McAfee
| 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"|'''80.10%''' ''2,616''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.02% ''556''
|align="center" |2.88% ''94''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''79.09%''' ''2,667''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|19.22% ''648''
|align="center" |1.69% ''57''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''62.34%''' ''2,053''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|34.74% ''1,144''
|align="center" |2.92% ''96''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|40.78% ''1,312''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''56.64%''' ''1,822''
|align="center" |2.58% ''83''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.33%''' ''1,772''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|46.00% ''1,588''
|align="center" |1.67% ''92''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''66.98%''' ''2,469''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|30.63% ''1,129''
|align="center" |2.38% ''88''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|46.47% ''1,751''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.17%''' ''1,928''
|align="center" |2.36% ''89''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|29.87% ''966''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''68.46%''' ''2,214''
|align="center" |1.67% ''54''
|}

All of Clark County is included in Missouri's 4th District in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]] and is represented by  [https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2023&code=R&district=004 Craig Redmon] (R-[[Ewing, Missouri|Ewing]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Clark County}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate='''Greg Sharpe'''|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Clark County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Craig Redmon'''
  |votes      = '''1,794'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 4 — Clark County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Craig Redmon'''
  |votes      = '''2.582'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Clark County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem18/ Cindy O'Laughlin] (R-[[Shelbina, Missouri|Shelbina]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 18 — Clark County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Brian Munzlinger'''
  |votes      = '''1,837'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Clark County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''2,037'''
  |percentage = '''62.16%'''
  |change     = '''+22.17'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 1,059
  |percentage = 32.32%
  |change     = -23.90
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 98
  |percentage = 2.99%
  |change     = -0.80
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 40
  |percentage = 1.22%
  |change     = +1.22
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 43
  |percentage = 1.31%
  |change     = +1.31
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Clark County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 1.288
  |percentage = 39.99%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''1,811'''
  |percentage = '''56.22%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 122
  |percentage = 3.79%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
All of Clark County is included in [[MO-06|Missouri's 6th Congressional District]] and is currently 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 — Clark County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''2,413'''
  |percentage = '''75.24%'''
  |change     = '''+3.79'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David M. Blackwell
  |votes      = 673
  |percentage = 20.99%
  |change     = -4.49
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 68
  |percentage = 2.12%
  |change     = -0.95
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mike Diel
  |votes      = 53
  |percentage = 1.65%
  |change     = +1.65
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 6th Congressional District — Clark County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''1,464'''
  |percentage = '''71.45%'''
  |change     = '''+13.75'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Hedge
  |votes      = 522
  |percentage = 25.48%
  |change     = -13.91
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 63
  |percentage = 3.07%
  |change     = +0.16
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District — Clark County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''1,746'''
  |percentage = '''57.70%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kyle Yarber
  |votes      = 1,192
  |percentage = 39.39%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 88
  |percentage = 2.91%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{PresHead|place=Clark 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 24, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,679|628|26|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,672|678|44|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,458|724|134|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,730|1,398|97|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,782|1,572|102|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,899|1,794|43|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,899|1,812|91|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,081|1,749|483|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,039|1,815|730|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,493|1,925|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,068|1,627|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,042|1,494|78|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,582|1,679|13|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,499|1,403|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,111|1,489|342|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,660|2,223|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,642|2,039|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,623|2,193|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,850|2,045|23|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,264|2,352|3|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,707|2,155|6|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,171|2,728|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,812|3,003|25|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,223|3,072|29|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,259|2,170|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,948|2,770|135|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,310|2,383|68|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,782|1,692|42|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,214|1,586|523|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,741|1,737|38|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,836|1,724|76|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,899|2,021|61|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,953|2,107|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,684|1,807|56|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,724|1,791|37|Missouri}}