Editing Lawrence County, Arkansas (section)

==Government==
{{PresHead|place=Lawrence 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>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,608|965|119|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,569|1,080|208|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,064|1,263|358|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,536|1,788|216|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,357|2,138|335|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,951|3,544|120|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,626|3,255|159|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,823|3,652|666|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,124|4,146|659|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,205|3,179|37|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,039|2,594|43|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,245|3,547|171|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,708|5,167|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,981|1,751|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,788|1,613|2,813|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,013|3,498|27|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,800|2,074|191|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,584|2,303|61|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,570|2,206|68|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|497|2,001|174|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|927|1,810|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|852|2,484|24|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|457|2,230|16|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|293|3,056|64|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|774|1,204|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|261|689|176|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|699|1,686|49|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|298|1,706|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|218|929|292|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|583|1,188|63|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|534|672|53|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|476|958|10|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|337|1,679|37|Arkansas}}

=== 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 Lawrence County Quorum Court has nine members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the county judge, who serves as the chief executive 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=2025-04-12 |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=2025-04-12 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|+Lawrence County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lawrence {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/lawrence/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-18 |title=Elected Officials |url=https://www.lawrencecountyarkansas.com/lawrence-county-government/elected-officials/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Lawrence County, Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Judge
|Gary Barnhill
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Clerk
|Brandi Parker
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Circuit Clerk
|Michelle Evans
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Sheriff
|Tony Waldrupe
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer
|Connie Mullen
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Collector
|Stephanie Harris
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Assessor
|Becky Holder
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#92C5DE;
|Coroner
|Chris Warden
|Democratic
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court after the 2024 elections is 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Lawrence County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Lawrence_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Lawrence/119905/web.317647/#/summary?v=333421/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Pardo Roberts (R)
* District 2: Frank Brewer (R)
* District 3: Lloyd Clark (R)
* District 4: Heath Davis (D)
* District 5: Frank Binkley (R)
* District 6: Jeff Yates (R)
* District 7: Tracy Moore (R)
* District 8: Kenny Jones (R)
* District 9: Troy Owens (R)

Additionally, the townships of Lawrence 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=2025-04-13 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

* Annieville: Joseph A. Warnick (D)
* Black River: Jimmy D. Smith (R)
* Black Rock: Jewel Tommy Milgrim (R)
* Boas: Mark VanBrook (R)
* Cache: Ronnie Clay Knight (R)
* Campbell: Kenneth Cole (R)
* Duty: Shawn King (R)
* Lawrence: Duane Hutchinson (R)
* Marion: William Teague (R)
* Reeds Creek: Hunter Durham (R)
* Thacker: James Saxe (R)

===Townships===
[[File:Lawrence County Arkansas 2010 Township Map large.jpg|thumb|Townships in Lawrence County, Arkansas as of 2010]]

{{Arkansas Townships About|County = Lawrence}}
<ref>{{Cite map
 |publisher   = U. S. Census Bureau
 |title       = 2011 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS): Lawrence County, AR
 |url         = http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05075_lawrence/BAS11C20507500000_000.pdf
 |access-date  = August 7, 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019124924/http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05075_lawrence/BAS11C20507500000_000.pdf
 |archive-date = October 19, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/block/2010/cousub/dc10blk_st05_cousub.html#L | title = Arkansas: 2010 Census Block Maps - County Subdivision | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date = May 29, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528050635/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/block/2010/cousub/dc10blk_st05_cousub.html#L | archive-date = May 28, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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* Annieville
* Ashland ([[Minturn, Arkansas|Minturn]])
* Black River ([[Powhatan, Arkansas|Powhatan]])
* Black Rock (most of [[Black Rock, Arkansas|Black Rock]])
* Boas ([[Hoxie, Arkansas|Hoxie]], part of [[Walnut Ridge, Arkansas|Walnut Ridge]])
* Cache
* Campbell ([[College City, Arkansas|College City]], most of [[Walnut Ridge, Arkansas|Walnut Ridge]])
* Dent ([[Imboden, Arkansas|Imboden]])
* Duty ([[Portia, Arkansas|Portia]], small part of [[Black Rock, Arkansas|Black Rock]])
* Eaton
* Flat Creek
* Jesup
* Lawrence
* Marion ([[Alicia, Arkansas|Alicia]])
* Morgan ([[Lynn, Arkansas|Lynn]])
* Promised Land ([[Sedgwick, Arkansas|Sedgwick]])
* Reeds Creek ([[Strawberry, Arkansas|Strawberry]])
* Richwoods (small part of [[Walnut Ridge, Arkansas|Walnut Ridge]])
* Spring River (small part of [[Ravenden, Arkansas|Ravenden]])
* Strawberry ([[Smithville, Arkansas|Smithville]])
* Thacker (most of [[Ravenden, Arkansas|Ravenden]])
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