Editing Scott 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 Scott 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.
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|+Scott County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Scott {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/scott/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Judge
|Brian K. Jones
|Republican
|-
|County/Circuit Clerk
|Brianna Freeman
|(Unknown)
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Sheriff/Collector
|Randy Shores
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Treasurer
|Teresa Scantling
|Independent
|-style="background-color:#999999;
|Assessor
|Terri Churchill
|Independent
|-
|Coroner
|Dana Anderson
|(Unknown)
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is at least 4 Republicans and 4 Independents, with one party affiliation unknown. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Bobby Hattabaugh (R)
* District 2: Melvin Parker (R)
* District 3: Leonard Russell (I)
* District 4: Linda L. Vaughn (I)
* District 5: Jamie Lynn Goff (I)
* District 6: Tommy Roberson (I)
* District 7: John Luttrell (R)
* District 8: Lance Stinson
* District 9: Tara Brackett (R)

=== Politics ===
Scott County is represented the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]s Marcus Richmond, a businessman from [[Harvey, Arkansas|Harvey]], and [[Jon Eubanks]], a farmer and [[Certified Public Accountant]] from [[Paris, Arkansas|Paris]].
Over the past few election cycles Scott County has trended heavily towards the GOP. The last Democrat (as of 2024) to carry this county was Bill Clinton in 1996. By margin, it was the most Republican county in Arkansas in the [[2020 United States Presidential Election]].
{{PresHead|place=Scott 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|2024|Republican|2,913|425|46|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,962|483|106|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,731|602|177|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,631|897|112|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,791|1,053|151|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,514|1,473|51|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,399|1,444|138|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,426|2,259|612|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,695|2,228|639|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,507|1,707|48|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,066|1,609|34|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,228|2,236|162|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,427|2,880|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,424|771|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,162|1,000|1,238|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,121|1,838|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,137|1,116|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,637|1,248|14|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|893|1,197|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|260|1,093|55|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|348|898|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|353|992|8|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|363|1,137|2|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|174|1,042|96|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|573|891|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|375|607|146|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|751|771|80|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|514|1,369|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|206|640|395|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|481|893|223|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Tie|458|458|96|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|313|733|19|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|264|1,260|37|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|398|967|198|Arkansas}}