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==Government== === Government === The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]] and the [[Arkansas Code]]. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called ''justices of the peace'' and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Hempstead County Quorum Court has eleven members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the ''county judge'', who serves as the [[chief operating officer]] of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Courts |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/quorum-courts-6348/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of County Judge |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-county-judge-5720/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Hempstead County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hempstead {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/hempstead/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref> !Position !Officeholder !Party |-style="background-color:#F48882; |County Judge |Jerry T. Crane |Republican |-style="background-color:#F48882; |County Clerk |Karen Smith |Republican |-style="background-color:#92C5DE; |Circuit Clerk |Gail Wolfengarger |Democratic |-style="background-color:#92C5DE; |Sheriff/Collector |James Singleton |Democratic |-style="background-color:#92C5DE; |Treasurer |Judy Lee Flowers |Democratic |-style="background-color:#F48882; |Assessor |Renee Gilbert |Republican |-style="background-color:#F48882; |Coroner |David W. Peters |Republican |} The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 7 Republicans and 3 Democrats, with one seat vacant due to no filings. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice of the Peace {{!}} Hempstead County Arkansas |url=https://hempsteadcountyar.com/justice-of-the-peace/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hempstead County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Hempstead_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> * District 1: James Griffin (D) of Hope * District 2: (''seat currently Vacant'') * District 3: Doris Brown (D) of Hope * District 4: Ed B. Darling (R) of Hope * District 5: Victor Ford (R) * District 6: Troy K. Lerew (R) of Hope (''seat currently Vacant'') * District 7: Steve Atchley (R) of Hope * District 8: C. David Clayton (R) of Hope * District 9: Jessie Henry (D) * District 10: Jay Lathrop (R) of Nashville * District 11: B. Keith Steed (R) Additionally, the townships of Hempstead County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]]. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Constable? |url=https://www.uaex.uada.edu/business-communities/ced-blog/posts/2022/may/what-is-a-constable.aspx |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":1" /> * Bodcaw: David Keith Cummings (R) * Bois D'Arc: Maurice Henry (D) * Deroan: Reyn Brown (R) * Garland: Randall Hatfield (R) * Ozan: Becky Medlen-Billings (R) * Spring Hill: Jimmy F. Singleton (R) * Wallaceburg: Thomas Luke Everett (R) * Watercreek: Frankie Ingersoll (R) === Politics === Starting in 2008, voters of Hempstead County have shifted to the political right in US presidential elections. That said, the city of [[Hope, AR|Hope]] is still very Democratic as of the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Park|first=Alice|last2=Smart|first2=Charlie|last3=Taylor|first3=Rumsey|last4=Watkins|first4=Miles|date=February 2, 2021|title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html|access-date=April 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Hempstead County, Arkansas|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,193|1,776|120|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,470|2,138|240|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,401|2,377|271|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,284|2,468|169|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,273|2,869|207|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|3,580|3,817|55|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,257|3,937|95|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,021|4,983|547|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,387|5,476|1,059|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,938|3,841|20|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,904|3,327|37|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,852|4,671|105|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,859|5,397|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,963|2,047|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,783|2,322|3,136|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,493|3,355|43|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,948|2,596|215|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,227|2,694|76|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,115|2,771|1|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|386|1,683|1,000|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|624|2,157|8|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|415|2,814|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|190|2,431|2|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|317|2,840|2|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|886|2,038|5|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|715|1,459|180|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,754|2,239|25|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,238|2,103|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|836|1,247|560|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,346|1,779|104|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,477|1,410|102|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,330|1,352|26|Arkansas}} {{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|1,203|1,832|29|Arkansas}}
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