Editing Liberty County, Florida (section)

==Politics==
Liberty County has shifted rapidly towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the 21st century. As of 2025, Republicans maintain an advantage in voter registration, which is the case in all but four counties in the [[Florida Panhandle|Panhandle]]. As recently as 2016, Liberty County had 3,399 registered Democrats and just 722 registered Republicans,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-monthly-reports/voter-registration-current-by-county/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024133158/http://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-monthly-reports/voter-registration-current-by-county/ | archive-date=October 24, 2016 | title=Voter Registration - Current by County - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State }}</ref> although it has consistently voted for Republican candidates, last supporting a Democrat with [[Jimmy Carter]].
{{PresHead|place=Liberty County, Florida|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title=Dave Leip's Election Results Liberty County Florida|access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref>}}

<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,898|566|32|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,846|694|25|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,543|651|118|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,301|942|46|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,339|895|52|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,927|1,070|24|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,317|1,017|76|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|913|868|383|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,126|820|630|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,421|709|47|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,410|650|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|899|1,114|39|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|620|1,137|19|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,199|222|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|154|242|1,322|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|910|377|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|243|862|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|238|870|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|237|1,037|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|30|737|82|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|38|626|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|119|947|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|64|800|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|31|682|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|147|226|2|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|18|193|13|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|5|416|33|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|57|280|52|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|32|206|27|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|69|176|28|Florida}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Democratic|50|143|8|Florida}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |Political Party
!Number of registered voters (April 30, 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voter Registration - By County and Party - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State |url=https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=dos.myflorida.com}}</ref>
!%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2,781
|62.12%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1,228
|27.43%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (United States)}}
|Independent
|448
|10.01%
|-
|
|[[Third party (United States)|Other]]
|20
|0.45%
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!4,477
!100.00%
|}

Liberty County is run by a board of five county commissioners, each elected at-large. Terms for these offices begin on the second Tuesday following the general election. The following is a list of the commissioners with the number representative of his/her district:<ref name="County Elected Officials">{{cite web |url=https://www.libertyelections.com/Elected-Officials/-County-Elected-Officials |title=County Elected Officials |access-date=August 22, 2021  |website=Liberty Elections }}</ref>

# Dewayne Branch (R)
# Hannah Causseaux (R)
# Jim Johnson (R)
# Doyle Brown (R)
# Derrick Arnold (D)

The school board is run by five members, each also elected at-large in non-partisan elections. Terms for these offices begin on the second Tuesday following the general election. The following is a list of the school board with the number representative of his/her district:<ref name="County Elected Officials">{{cite web |url=https://www.libertyelections.com/Elected-Officials/-County-Elected-Officials |title=County Elected Officials |access-date=August 22, 2021  |website=Liberty Elections }}</ref>

# Mason Kever 
# Jodi Bailey
# Darrel Hayes
# Jason Singletary
# Charles Morris

The remaining elected officials are the constitutional officers.<ref name="County Elected Officials"/> Terms for these offices begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the general election except for the role of Superintendent of Schools which begins on the second Tuesday following the general election, in coordination with elected school board members. 

* County Judge: Christopher D. Bufano
* Clerk of Court: Jace Ford (R)
* Sheriff: Dusty Arnold (R)
* Property Appraiser: Chris Rudd (R)
* Tax Collector: Marie Goodman (R)
* Supervisor of Elections: Grant Conyers (R)
* Superintendent of Schools: Kyle Peddie (R)