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==Government and Politics== === 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 Perry 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=2025-04-01 |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=2025-04-01 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref> {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |+Perry County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/perry/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Perry/115821/web.307039/#/summary?v=314266/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref> !Position !Officeholder !Party |-style="background-color: #F48882; |[[County judge|County Judge]] |Larry Blackmon |Republican |-style="background-color: #F48882; |[[Municipal clerk|County]]/[[Court clerk|Circuit Clerk]] |Renee Rainey |Republican |-style="background-color: #F48882; |[[Sheriff]]/[[Tax collector|Collector]] |Ricky Don Jones |Republican |-style="background-color: #F48882; |[[Treasurer]] |Jessica Spinks |Republican |-style="background-color: #92C5DE; |[[Tax assessment|Assessor]] |Amanda Hawkins |Democratic |-style="background-color: #F48882; |[[Coroner]] |Wes Harris |Republican |} The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 8 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1 Democrat. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Perry_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/Perry/119920/web.317647/#/summary?v=336826/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=results.enr.clarityelections.com |language=en}}</ref> * District 1: Travis Bentley (R) * District 2: Dale Payne (R) * District 3: Ronnie Lee (R) * District 4: Shane Treadway (R) * District 5: Edward Evans (D) * District 6: Charlie Clements (R) * District 7: David Hoyt (R) * District 8: Benjamin D. Lee (R) * District 9: Scott Skinkle (R) Additionally, the townships of Perry 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=2025-04-01 |website=What is a Constable? |language=en}}</ref> The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Perry_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> * Houston: Randall E. Luyet (R) * Perry: Bart Hight (R) Cherry Hill Township also elects its own committee board. The committee board member at-large is Phylis McMoran (D).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Perry_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> === Politics === Over the past few election cycles Perry County has trended heavily towards the GOP. The last Democrat (as of 2024) to carry this county was Bill Clinton in 1996. {{PresHead|place=Perry 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>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,559|923|102|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,479|1,012|136|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,008|1,049|249|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,581|1,187|170|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,743|1,352|184|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,435|1,921|75|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,114|1,648|245|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,143|1,873|466|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,162|1,906|436|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,627|1,470|31|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,047|1,404|29|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,459|1,606|121|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|832|2,310|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,445|810|7|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|740|634|916|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,048|1,320|19|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|501|789|95|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|572|719|13|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|502|802|6|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|201|731|159|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|285|710|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|206|783|1|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|249|899|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|123|1,347|4|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|474|636|3|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|260|386|144|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|592|738|37|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|439|975|0|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|163|522|280|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|445|608|70|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|356|477|27|Arkansas}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|293|459|10|Arkansas}} {{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|217|678|6|Arkansas}}
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