Editing Henderson County, Illinois (section)

==Government and politics==

=== Government ===

==== County Board ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Henderson County, Illinois, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Henderson_County,_Illinois,_elections,_2024#County_elections_and_candidates |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Board at-large
|Kim Gullberg
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Board at-large
|Bill Knupp
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Board at-large
|Kurt McChesney
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Board at-large
|Todd Miller
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|County Board at-large
|Janet Stubbs
|Republican
|}

==== County Officials ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office<ref name=":0" />
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Circuit Clerk
|Sandra Keane
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|Coroner
|John Fedler
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|State's Attorney
|Susan Maxwell-Schneider
|Republican
|}

=== Courts ===

==== Judicial Court ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Office<ref name=":0" />
!Name
!Party
|-
| bgcolor="gray" |&nbsp;
|9th Circuit Court
|Bruce Beal
|Independent
|-
| bgcolor="gray" |&nbsp;
|9th Circuit Court
|James Standard
|Independent
|-
| bgcolor="red" |&nbsp;
|9th Circuit Court
|Nigel Graham
|Republican
|-
| bgcolor="gray" |&nbsp;
|9th Circuit Court
|Rodney Clark
|Independent
|}
As part of [[Yankee]]-settled [[Northern Illinois]], Henderson County was solidly [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] in its first three elections and then equally Republican from that party's formation until the [[Great Depression]]. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932 was the first Democrat to win it, but the county returned to Republican [[Alf Landon]] in 1936 and was not won by a Democrat until the GOP nominated the southern-oriented conservative [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964.

After that, like many Yankee counties, it returned to its Republican roots between 1968 and 1984, but turned reliably Democratic in presidential elections from 1988 to 2012. Republican [[Donald Trump]] carried the county with over 61 percent of the vote in 2016; the highest percentage won by any Republican candidate since [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956, and for then Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, it was the lowest by a Democrat since [[Al Smith]] in 1928. Republican margins have continued to improve in each subsequent election as rural Illinois shifts sharply to the right and native son [[Barack Obama]] is no longer on the ballot, with Trump's 68% in 2024 marking the best Republican result since 1928. The county's new Republican dominance has extended to the local level as well, with Republicans going entirely unchallenged for county office.<ref name=":0" />

Henderson County is located in [[Illinois's 17th congressional district|Illinois's 17th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by Democrat [[Eric Sorensen (politician)|Eric Sorensen]]. For the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], the county is located in the 94th district and is currently represented by Republican [[Randy Frese]]. The county is located in the 47th district of the [[Illinois Senate]], and is currently represented by Republican [[Jil Tracy]]. Along with five other counties,{{efn|[[Fulton County, Illinois|Fulton]], [[Hancock County, Illinois|Hancock]], [[Knox County, Illinois|Knox]], [[McDonough County, Illinois|McDonough]], [[Warren County, Illinois|Warren]]|name=|group=}} Henderson County makes up Illinois's 9th Judicial Circuit Court.

{{PresHead|place=Henderson County, Illinois|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,708|2,030|128|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,233|1,953|433|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,310|2,013|725|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,726|2,085|10|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,289|1,969|20|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,443|1,609|194|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,210|2,152|45|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,689|1,744|3|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,224|1,635|289|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,863|2,271|0|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,572|1,697|4|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,743|1,469|3|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,839|1,458|6|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,336|1,465|37|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,695|1,550|10|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,264|1,977|40|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|2,663|2,496|61|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,815|2,372|79|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,695|1,065|30|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,879|803|269|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,747|740|97|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,528|1,611|182|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|648|721|959|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,547|820|119|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,668|708|164|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,772|976|111|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,756|962|78|Illinois}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|1,352|921|144|Illinois}}