Editing Wolfe County, Kentucky (section)

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Wolfe County, Kentucky|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,163|689|67|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,097|839|43|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,804|753|78|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,542|976|41|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,408|1,493|67|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,385|1,744|26|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,267|1,136|22|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|772|1,297|228|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|697|1,674|313|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|916|1,516|48|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,257|1,394|42|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|951|1,814|40|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|659|1,777|22|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|936|957|24|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|758|1,162|287|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|562|2,018|17|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,259|1,554|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,059|1,683|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|876|1,557|2|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|813|1,918|4|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|889|1,450|2|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,032|2,205|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|972|1,577|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|909|2,321|2|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,270|1,356|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|821|1,597|17|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|939|1,476|17|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|645|1,108|6|Kentucky}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|395|873|256|Kentucky}}
Wolfe County, like most of [[Eastern Kentucky]], is historically Democratic; in every presidential election from its creation in 1860 until 1996, the county had an uninterrupted Democratic voting streak. In 2000, [[George W. Bush]] narrowly won the county and became the first Republican to do so, but the county still proved its Democratic loyalty by supporting John Kerry by a comfortable margin in the next election. However, the county has indeed drifted away from the Democrats at the presidential level as [[Mitt Romney]] won the county 60% to 38% in 2012, and [[Donald Trump]] with an even wider margin of 68% to 29%.

Wolfe remained reliably Democratic at the state level for some time after ceasing to favor the Democratic Party at the presidential level; it voted against [[Matt Bevin]] in both of his gubernatorial elections. Wolfe County has not voted for a Republican gubernatorial candidate since [[1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election|1979]] when it voted for Republican and former Governor [[Louie Nunn]] over Democrat [[John Y. Brown Jr.]] Along with nearby [[Elliott County, Kentucky|Elliott County]], it was, until [[2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky|2020]], one of only two counties in Kentucky to have voted against Senator [[Mitch McConnell]] in each of his elections. In 2020, however, both counties voted for McConnell over his Democratic challenger, [[Amy McGrath]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/kentucky/senate/ |title=2020 Kentucky Senate Results|work=Politico |access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref>

===Elected officials===
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| colspan="3" |'''Elected officials as of January 3, 2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
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! scope=row|[[U.S. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Hal Rogers]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|5|B}}
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky Senate|Ky. Senate]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Brandon Smith (politician)|Brandon Smith]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Kentucky's 30th Senate district|30]]
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Ky. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Timmy Truett]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|89
|}