Editing Foard County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Foard County is represented in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[James Frank]], a businessman from [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]].

Foard County was once a stronghold for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] at both the state and federal levels, remaining so even as rural [[West Texas]] trended towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. It had only voted for Republicans in their 1972 and 1984 landslides in the 20th century. The county last voted for a Democratic presidential candidate when it gave its votes to [[Bill Clinton]] [[United States presidential election in Texas, 1996|in 1996]]. 

In the 21st century, the vote share of Republican presidential candidates has steadily increased in every election. [[Barack Obama]] lost the county by a larger margin in 2008 than [[John Kerry]] in 2004, even though Kerry ran against former Governor of Texas [[George W. Bush]]. The Republican vote jumped to a record high of over 82% for [[Donald Trump]] in 2024.

{{PresHead|place=Foard County, Texas|source=<ref name="Dave Leip's Atlas">{{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=July 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|448|92|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|445|99|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|383|113|17|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|348|140|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|327|198|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|347|235|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|286|263|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|166|355|52|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|207|435|154|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|306|513|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|472|448|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|349|617|12|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|240|706|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|369|312|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|216|594|168|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|146|833|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|270|723|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|243|687|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|418|830|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|90|751|35|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|84|925|71|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|142|997|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|74|928|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|53|882|13|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|430|466|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|95|585|35|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|101|491|37|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|41|475|88|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|18|429|45|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Foard County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|438|94|6|Texas}}
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At the statewide level, most notably in gubernatorial races, the county was one of the few rural ones that continued to give its votes to Democratic candidates in West Texas, even as it trended Republican on the national level. For instance, in the landslide re-election of then-governor [[George W. Bush]] [[Texas gubernatorial election, 1998|in 1998]], it was one of only 14 counties that gave its votes to Bush's Democratic challenger [[Garry Mauro]], albeit by one vote, as Mauro won 206 votes (49.6%) to Bush's 205 votes (49.4%). The county continued this trend through all of [[Rick Perry|Rick Perry's]] three gubernatorial landslide elections in [[Texas gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]], [[Texas gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]], and [[Texas gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]], the most recent one when it gave its votes to [[Bill White (Texas politician)|Bill White]]. This streak ended [[Texas gubernatorial election, 2014|in 2014]], when the county gave its votes to then-Attorney General [[Greg Abbott]], who won 66% of the popular vote over [[Wendy Davis (politician)|Wendy Davis's]] 33%.
{| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Foard County vote<br /> by party in gubernatorial elections'''<ref name="Dave Leip's Atlas"/>
|-
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2022 Texas gubernatorial election|2022]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''85.44%''' ''452''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.04% ''69''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.9%''' ''331''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.2% ''101''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.1%''' ''205''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.9% ''102''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.0% ''148''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.6%''' ''153''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.9% ''87''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''43.7%''' ''166''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.4% ''136''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.4%''' ''227''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.4% ''205''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.6%''' ''206''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.9% ''187''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.7%''' ''347''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.3% ''182''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.6%''' ''454''
|}