Editing Morrow County, Oregon (section)

==Politics==
Like all counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Morrow County are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. No Democratic presidential nominee has won a clear majority in Morrow County since [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964, though [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton]] both won pluralities here in 1976 and 1996, respectively (and it was just 13 votes shy of voting Democratic in 1992). In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] 61.94% of Morrow County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 34.62% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 3.44% of voters either voted for a [[Third party (politics)|third-party]] candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2008 |title=General Election |url=http://www.morrowcountyoregon.com/clerk/election/2008/unofficialNovember42008returns.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919213821/http://www.morrowcountyoregon.com/clerk/election/2008/unofficialNovember42008returns.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2009 |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=morrowcountyoregon.com}}</ref> These numbers show a slight shift towards the Democratic candidate when compared to the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 65.9% of Morrow Country voters voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 32.8% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.4% of voters either voted for a third-party candidate or wrote in a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Umatilla County, Oregon detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Umatilla_County-OR.html |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=www.city-data.com}}</ref> However, it shifted back in 2012 and 2016, with [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Donald Trump]] both receiving roughly 65% of the vote.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,408|1,138|186|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,586|1,371|161|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,721|1,017|429|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,532|1,202|148|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,509|1,410|139|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,732|1,361|56|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,224|1,197|188|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,381|1,426|524|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,187|1,174|1,113|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,529|1,375|66|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,130|1,254|13|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,728|1,077|336|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,091|1,162|114|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,059|718|230|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,068|797|102|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|627|1,470|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,003|1,039|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,092|893|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,254|786|5|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|751|838|33|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|747|836|13|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|758|979|12|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|518|1,181|175|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|579|929|93|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,093|543|49|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|991|397|470|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,186|451|88|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|748|830|119|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|447|275|328|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|680|272|143|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|875|230|239|Oregon}}

The county is governed through a statutory [[County commission|board of commission]] form of government. Commissioners are elected at-large and represent the entire county rather than a specific district.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

As of 2025 the commissioners were:
*David Sykes (elected 2022)
*Jeff Wenholz (elected 2022)
*August Peterson (elected 2024)