Editing Dent County, Missouri (section)

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] holds a majority of elected offices in the county, as nine of the county's 14 elected officials, including the county's three commissioners, are all [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]s; .

On July 13, 2015, the county commissioners, Darrell Skiles (R), Dennis Purcell (R), and Gary Larson (R) voted unanimously to lower all flags to half staff every month on the 26th for a year to protest the Supreme Court decision regarding same sex marriage rights.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/missouri-county-to-fly-flags-at-half-mast-to-mourn-supreme-courts-despicable-marriage-ruling/|title=Missouri county to fly flags at half-mast to mourn Supreme Court's 'despicable' marriage ruling|date=July 14, 2015|work=Raw Story|access-date=July 17, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

On July 14, 2015, the county commissioners reversed their decision to lower the flag citing improper flag protocol concerns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/missouri-gay-marriage_us_55a55ca8e4b0896514cf7aab|title=Missouri County Cancels 'Mourning' For Gay Marriage After Citizens Protest|last=Fang|first=Marina|date=July 14, 2015|work=Huffington Post|access-date=March 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Dent County, Missouri 
| assessor          =Tina Whitaker
| assessorparty     =Democratic
| circuitclerk      =Becky Goforth Swiney
| circuitclerkparty =Democratic
| countyclerk       =Angie Curley
| countyclerkparty  =Democratic
| presiding         =Darrell Skiles
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Dennis Purcell
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Gary Larson
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =Shannon VanKirk
| collectorparty    =Republican
| coroner           =Gina White
| coronerparty      =Democratic
| prosecutor        =Andrew Curley
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Sherida Cook
| administratorparty=Republican
| recorder          =Cindy Ard
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =Bob Wells
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Craig Ruble
| surveyorparty     =Democratic
| treasurer         =Denita Williams
| treasurerparty    =Republican
}}