Editing Sharp 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 Sharp 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=2025-04-13 |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=2025-04-13 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|+Sharp County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sharp {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/sharp/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |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
|Mark Counts
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County/Circuit Clerk
|Alisa Black
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Sheriff
|Shane Russell
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer
|Wanda Girtman
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Collector
|Michelle Daggett
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Assessor
|Kathy Nix
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Coroner
|Renee Clay-Circle
|Republican
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court after the 2024 elections is 9 Republicans. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sharp County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sharp_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Sharp/119934/web.317647/#/summary?v=333347/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Kevin C. Dienst (R)
* District 2: Briana M. Dilorio (R)
* District 3: Joey Barnes (R)
* District 4: Roy Murphy (R)
* District 5: Tommy Estes (R)
* District 6: Jackie Pickett (R)
* District 7: Buell Wilkes (R)
* District 8: Jeral Hastings (R)
* District 9: Zack Baxter (R)

Additionally, the townships of Sharp 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" />

* District 1: Ashton Hester (R)
* District 2: George Jackson (R)
* District 3: David L. Gruger (R)
* District 4: Phillip Pickett (R)
* District 5: Kelly Newcom (R)
* District 6: Luke Vander Vort (R)

=== Politics ===
In recent years, Sharp County has trended heavily towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. The last Democrat to carry the county was Arkansas-native [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas|1996]]. Since then, Democratic vote shares have plummeted, with [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2020]] losing the county by a 4-to-1 margin to Republican [[Donald Trump]], despite winning the national election.
{{PresHead|place=Sharp 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|5,938|1,398|230|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,407|1,472|370|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,921|2,092|270|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,535|2,436|281|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,097|3,265|108|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,698|3,236|192|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,635|3,573|762|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,486|3,761|949|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,623|2,955|34|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,392|2,492|46|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,420|2,774|222|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,151|3,532|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,677|1,154|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,136|1,025|1,299|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,215|1,810|22|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|911|807|68|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|645|927|28|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|655|1,039|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|295|1,078|80|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|664|1,217|12|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|433|1,099|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|289|934|12|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|142|1,334|8|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|501|808|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|210|729|56|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|400|995|119|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|251|972|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|114|681|265|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|317|970|88|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|288|671|59|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|394|1,059|15|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|230|1,383|3|Arkansas}}