Editing Franklin County, Kentucky (section)

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Franklin County, Kentucky|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|13,246|11,996|521|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,900|12,652|520|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|11,819|10,717|1,329|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|11,345|11,535|457|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|11,911|11,767|401|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|12,281|11,620|232|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|10,209|10,853|592|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|7,132|11,251|1,984|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|7,591|9,896|3,544|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|9,805|9,271|195|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|11,057|7,790|177|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|6,455|11,193|882|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,536|10,475|430|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,781|5,601|297|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|4,057|6,396|2,712|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,320|10,130|44|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,742|7,052|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|4,047|6,412|94|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,097|7,309|5|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,962|6,679|362|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,050|6,356|42|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,927|6,956|14|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,010|6,222|26|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,034|6,331|39|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|3,485|3,853|7|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,826|4,678|102|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|2,710|5,878|21|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,426|3,345|30|Kentucky}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|783|2,980|624|Kentucky}}
In recent presidential elections the county has supported both Democrats and Republicans. In 2000 Democrat [[Al Gore]] won 50% of the vote to Republican [[George W. Bush]]'s 47%. In 2004, Bush won 50% of the vote to Democrat [[John Kerry]]'s 48%. In 2008 Republican [[John McCain]] defeated Democrat [[Barack Obama]] 49.47% to 48.87%, a difference of only 144 votes, only for Obama to narrowly edge out [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012. However, [[Donald Trump]] won the county in 2016. He won it again in 2020, but only by a slim margin of 248 votes. In [[2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election|2023]], incumbent Democratic governor [[Andy Beshear]] won it by a large margin over Republican attorney general [[Daniel Cameron (American politician)|Daniel Cameron]], getting 68% of the vote.

The county voted "No" on [[2022 Kentucky Amendment 2]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 67% to 33%, and backed [[Donald Trump]] with 49.5% of the vote to [[Joe Biden]]'s 48.5% in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=November 8, 2022 - Official 2022 General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections |access-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224001202/https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |archive-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>

===Elected officials===
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| colspan="3" |'''Elected officials as of January 3, 2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
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! scope=row|[[U.S. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[James Comer]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|1|B}}
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky Senate|Ky. Senate]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Gex Williams]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Kentucky's 20th Senate district|20]]
|- 
!rowspan=2 |[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Ky. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Daniel Fister]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|56
|- 
| {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Erika Hancock]] (D)
| {{party shading/Democratic}}|57
|}