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==Law, government, and politics== Catawba County is a member of the regional [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Western Piedmont Council of Governments]]. The county has been represented primarily by Republicans since [[World War II]]: no Democratic presidential candidate has won Catawba County since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/201041078/?terms=election+catawba|title=26 Nov 1948, Page 27 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref> [[Jimmy Carter]] is the last Democrat to manage even 40 percent of the county's vote. {{PresHead|place=Catawba County, North Carolina|whig=no|source1=<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=March 15, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|59,577|26,569|963|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|56,588|25,689|1,148|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|48,324|21,216|2,811|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|44,538|24,069|994|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|42,993|25,656|802|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|39,602|18,858|228|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|34,244|16,246|351|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|26,898|15,601|3,855|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|25,466|16,334|7,609|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|28,872|12,922|44|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|31,476|11,700|74|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|22,873|13,873|1,132|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|18,696|16,862|150|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|24,106|7,744|525|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|18,393|6,974|7,285|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|17,116|15,814|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|19,135|13,491|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|19,246|11,424|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|16,814|11,554|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|9,471|8,844|1,622|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|7,211|10,146|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,656|11,233|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|6,387|11,017|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,817|8,446|77|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|7,556|4,916|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,998|5,754|167|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,935|5,404|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,624|2,569|14|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|203|2,110|1,875|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,010|1,864|35|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,309|1,497|276|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,522|1,612|158|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,004|2,649|29|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|705|1,711|966|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|765|2,349|94|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|662|2,307|0|North Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|624|1,883|0|North Carolina}} ===County officers=== ====Board of Commissioners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office<ref name="County Officials">{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=County Officials |url=https://catawbacountync.gov/site/assets/files/3336/3-county_officials.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=catawbacountync.gov}}</ref> !! Holder !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | County Commissioner (chair) || Randy Isenhower || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | County Commissioner (vice-chair) || Austin Allran || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2028 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | County Commissioner || Robert Abernethy, Jr. || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | County Commissioner || Barbara Beatty || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2028 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | County Commissioner || Cole Setzer || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |} ====Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Holder<ref name="County Officials"/> !! Term expires |- | Brandon Bowman || Appointed (2024) |- | David H. Caldwell || 2024 |- | Julia Elmore || 2026 |- | Steve Killian || Appointed (2026) |- | Bill Shillito || 2026 |} ====Superior Court Judges==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office<ref name="Judicial Officials">{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Judicial Officials |url=https://www.catawbacountync.gov/site/assets/files/3336/4-judicial_officials.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=catawbacountync.gov}}</ref> !! Holder !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Senior Resident Superior Court Judge || Nathaniel J. Poovey || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Resident Superior Court Judge || Greg R. Hayes || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2030 |} ====District Court Judges==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office<ref name="County Officials"/><ref name="Judicial Officials"/> !! Holder !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Chief District Court Judge || Scott D. Conrad || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2024 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || David W. Aycock || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Wes W. Barkley || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Sherri W. Elliot || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Richard S. Holloway || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2024 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Mark L. Killian || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Robert A. Mullinax Jr. || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Andrea Chiz Plyler || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2024 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Clifton H. Smith || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Court Judge || Amy Sigmon Walker || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |} ====Catawba County Sheriff==== The Catawba County Sheriff's Office consists of 198 Deputies and Employees. It provides court protection, jail administration, patrol and detective services for all unincorporated county areas, serves civil process and criminal papers, provides School Resource Officers at County High and Middle Schools and CV Community College, and narcotics crime investigation. Newton, Hickory, Long View, Conover, Claremont, Catawba, Brookford and Maiden have municipal police departments. The North Carolina Bureau of Investigation, the SBI, provides investigative assistance to local law enforcement agencies when requested by the sheriff, local police departments, the district attorney, or judges.<ref>Hickory PD, Maiden PD, Newton PD, Conover PD, SBI websites.</ref> ====Other offices==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office<ref name="Judicial Officials"/> !! Holder !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Clerk of Superior Court || Kim R. Sigmon || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | District Attorney || Scott Reilly || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Register of Deeds || Donna Spencer || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2024 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | Sheriff || Don Brown || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2026 |} ===North Carolina General Assembly=== ====North Carolina Senate==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! District<ref name="NCGA Representation">{{Cite web |date= |title=Catawba County Representation |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/Catawba |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=North Carolina General Assembly}}</ref> !! Representative !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[North Carolina's 45th Senate district|45]] || [[H. Dean Proctor|Dean Proctor]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2025 |} ====North Carolina House of Representatives==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! District<ref name="NCGA Representation"/> !! Representative !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[North Carolina's 89th House district|89]] || [[Mitchell S. Setzer]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2025 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[North Carolina's 96th House district|96]] || [[Jay Adams (politician)|Jay Adams]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2025 |} ===Federal offices=== ====Senate==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Senator<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} North Carolina |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/NC/intro.htm |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=U.S. Senate}}</ref> !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Ted Budd]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2029 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Thom Tillis]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2027 |} ====House of Representatives==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! District<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Directory of Representatives |url=https://www.house.gov/representatives |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=house.gov}}</ref> !! Representative !! Party !! Term expires |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[North Carolina's 10th congressional district|10th]] || [[Pat Harrigan]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2027 |}
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