Editing Madison County, Arkansas (section)

==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 Madison County Quorum Court has nine 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=2025-04-18 |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=2025-04-18 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|+Madison County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Elected Officials |url=https://madisoncogov.com/elected_officials.php |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=madisoncogov.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/madison/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |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
|Larry Garret
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#92C5DE;
|County Clerk
|Austin Boatright
|Democratic
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Circuit Clerk
|Tiffany McDaniel
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Sheriff
|Ronnie Boyd
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer
|Amanda Born
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#92C5DE;
|Collector
|Chera Glenn
|Democratic
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Assessor
|Christal Odgen
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Coroner
|Douglas Rabold
|Republican
|-
|Surveyor
|Jim Cagle
|(Unknown)
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 9 Republicans. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Court |url=https://madisoncogov.com/quorum_court.php |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=madisoncogov.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Madison County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Madison_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Bob Rawson (R) of Hindsville
* District 2: Cord Riley (R) of Hindsville
* District 3: Jason Yates (R) of Huntsville
* District 4: Sam Roddy (R) of Huntsville
* District 5: Wendy Pettz (R) of Huntsville
* District 6: Shannon Fancher (R) of Huntsville
* District 7: Joe Wilson (R) of Wesley
* District 8: Jeff Marley (R) of Elkins
* District 9: Michael Keck (R) of Huntsville

Additionally, the townships of Madison 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=2025-04-18 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

* North Township: Gary Martin (R)
* South Township: Wes Walters (R)

=== Politics ===
During the Secession Convention of 1861, Arkansas voted to leave the Union and join the [[Confederate States of America]]. When Chairman [[David Walker (Arkansas politician)|David Walker]] called for a second vote seeking a unanimous decision, only Madison County representative [[Isaac Murphy]] refused to change his vote.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Edge of Conflict: Arkansas in the Civil War.|publisher=PBS|year=1995}}</ref> Murphy would later be appointed [[Governor of Arkansas]] during [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]] under [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s conciliatory policy.

Madison County is strongly Republican, and voted for the Republican candidate several times even when Arkansas was part of the "[[Solid South]]". A Democrat has carried the county only four times since 1940.
{{PresHead|place=Madison 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|2020|Republican|5,658|1,563|130|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,928|1,588|325|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,263|2,099|206|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,972|2,144|212|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,873|2,421|90|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,387|2,055|186|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,303|2,504|548|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,238|2,415|624|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,067|2,106|50|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,516|2,133|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,180|2,434|221|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,502|2,926|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,372|1,889|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,320|1,574|1,028|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,997|2,715|14|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,445|1,702|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,525|2,186|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,868|2,110|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,201|2,041|55|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,120|1,788|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,107|2,196|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,484|1,679|4|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,197|2,803|95|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,760|1,717|23|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,263|1,335|98|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,715|1,463|52|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,332|1,456|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|786|932|302|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,541|1,441|83|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,160|1,072|45|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,289|1,475|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|1,260|1,689|33|Arkansas}}