Editing Cache County, Utah (section)

==Government and politics==
Cache County is governed by a seven-member [[County council#United States|County Council]] which exercises legislative authority, while the county additionally elects a [[County executive|County Executive]] who oversees the day-to-day operations of the County. Various other offices in the Cache County government are filled by election. At the state-level, the county elects eight officials at large. As of 2019, all county elected officials were members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>[https://www.cachecounty.gov/officials/ Elected Officials - Cache County (accessed 30 March 2019)]</ref><ref>[https://www.cachecounty.gov/countycouncil/ County Council - Cache County (accessed 30 March 2019)]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Elected County Council and County Executive<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Site of Cache County, Utah - County Council |url=https://www.cachecounty.gov/countycouncil/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.cachecounty.gov}}</ref>
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|Southeast District
| style="text-align:center;" |Kathryn Beus
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|North District
| style="text-align:center;" |David Erickson
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|Logan Seat #1
| style="text-align:center;" |Keegan Garrity
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|Logan Seat #3
| style="text-align:center;" |Sandi Goodlander
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|South District
| style="text-align:center;" |Nolan Gunnell
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|Northeast District
| style="text-align:center;" |Mark Hurd
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Council Member
|Logan Seat #2
| style="text-align:center;" |Barbara Tidwell
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|County Executive/Surveyor
|At-Large
| style="text-align: center;" |David Zook
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+State Elected Offices
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;" |First Elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Scott Sandall]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Sandall Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/SANDASD/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|2
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Chris H. Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Wilson Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/WILSOCH/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Thomas Peterson (politician)|Thomas Peterson]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2022<ref name="j957">{{cite web | title=Representative Page | website=Utah House of Representatives | date=2023-09-08 | url=https://house.utleg.gov/rep/PETERT/ | access-date=2024-11-25}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|2
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Mike Petersen (Utah politician)|Mike Petersen]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Petersen, Michael J.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/PETERM/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|3
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Jason E. Thompson]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2024<ref name="a078">{{cite web | last=Walter | first=Bill | title=Long-time local representative wraps up his tenure in the Utah Legislature | website=Cache Valley Daily | date=2024-11-08 | url=https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/long-time-local-representative-wraps-up-his-tenure-in-the-utah-legislature/article_a67f201c-9d7d-11ef-8527-13a7938b012c.html | access-date=2024-11-25}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|5
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Casey Snider]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Snider, Casey|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/SNIDEC/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:lightgrey" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |Jennie Earl
| style="text-align:center;" |Nonpartisan
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jennie Earl|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/jennieearl|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
|}

Like most of Utah, Cache County is strongly Republican in presidential elections. The last time it voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was 1944. Unlike most counties dominated by a major [[college town]], Cache County is solidly Republican.
{{PresHead|place=Cache County, Utah|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|39,457|18,718|3,213|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|38,032|16,650|3,676|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|21,139|8,563|17,016|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|35,039|6,244|1,010|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|29,127|10,294|2,501|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|32,486|6,375|870|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|25,920|5,170|2,052|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|16,832|6,595|2,967|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|15,971|4,973|9,781|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|21,766|5,871|326|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|22,127|4,123|192|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|20,251|3,639|1,845|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|16,636|5,430|1,128|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|16,538|4,018|969|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|11,906|4,327|1,070|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|9,326|6,627|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|10,281|4,917|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|10,349|3,671|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|10,167|4,242|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|6,514|6,383|49|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,938|6,998|12|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,184|7,867|7|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,258|8,606|93|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,829|6,522|93|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,297|4,748|26|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,973|3,915|674|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,063|4,239|95|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|3,756|5,305|81|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,825|3,296|1,328|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,787|3,317|67|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|4,008|2,948|89|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,820|3,082|23|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|839|4,395|0|Utah}}