Editing Delaware County, Indiana (section)

==Government==
{{See also|Government of Indiana}}
The county government is a constitutional body, granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Indiana]] and the [[Indiana Code]].

'''County Council:''' The legislative branch of the county government; controls spending and revenue collection in the county. There are seven members of the county council. Three are elected county-wide and four are elected from county districts. The county-wide members are elected in presidential election years (2016, 2020, etc.) and the districted members are elected in midterm election years (2018, 2022, etc.). The current members are:
* District 1: Daniel Flanagan (R)
* District 2: William Hughes (R)
* District 3: Matt Kantz (R)
* District 4: Jim Mochal (R)
* At-Large: Eugene Whitehead (R)
* At-Large: Jessica Piper (R)
* At-Large: Bradley Bookout (R)
The council members serve four-year terms. They are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending. The council also has limited authority to impose local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes, and service taxes.<ref name=inc3623>{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|author-link=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html|title=Title 36, Article 2, Section 3|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref><ref name=inc2102>{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf|title=Title 2, Article 10, Section 2|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref>

'''Board of Commissioners:''' The executive body of the county. Each commissioner represents a district (in which they must reside). The commissioners are elected county-wide to staggered four-year terms. The current commissioners are:
* District 1: Stephen Brand (R)
* District 2: Sherry Riggin (R)
* District 3: Shannon Henry (R) 
One commissioners serves as president. The commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government.<ref name=inc3623/><ref name=inc2102/>

'''Court:''' The county maintains five circuit courts, each with its own judge. The judges are elected in staggered six-year terms on a county-wide, partisan ballot. The current judges are:
* Circuit Court 1: Judi Calhoun (R)
* Circuit Court 2: Andrew Ramirez (R)
* Circuit Court 3: Douglas Mawhorr (R)
* Circuit Court 4: John Feick (R)
* Circuit Court 5: Thomas Cannon Jr. (D)
In some cases, court decisions can be appealed to the state level court of appeals.<ref name=inc2102/>

'''County Officials:''' The county has several other elected offices, including [[sheriff]], [[coroner]], [[auditor]], [[treasurer]], [[recorder of deeds|recorder]], [[surveying|surveyor]], [[County attorney|prosecutor]], [[Tax assessment|assessor]], and circuit [[court clerk]]:
* Sheriff: Tony Skinner (R)
* Coroner: Gavin Greene (R)
* Auditor: Ed Carroll (R)
* Treasurer: Brad Polk (R)
* Recorder: Jan Smoot (R)
* Surveyor: Tom Borchers (R)
* Prosecutor: Eric Hoffman (D)
* Assessor: James Carmichael (R)
* Clerk: Rick Spangler (R)
Each serves a four-year term. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare [[political party|party]] affiliations and to be residents of the county.<ref name=inc2102/>

Delaware County is part of [[Indiana's 5th congressional district]]; [[Indiana Senate]] district 26;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3006.htm|title=Indiana Senate Districts|publisher=State of Indiana|access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref> and [[Indiana House of Representatives]] districts 33, 34 and 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3005.htm|title=Indiana House Districts|publisher=State of Indiana|access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref>

{{PresHead|place=Delaware County, Indiana|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 4,059 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 1,199 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 637 votes, and [[Socialist Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor]] candidate [[Arthur E. Reimer|Arthur Reimer]] received 52 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|1988|Republican|27,348|20,548|216|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|30,092|19,791|288|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|28,342|20,923|3,382|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|26,417|25,151|519|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|32,468|17,936|163|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|23,554|19,532|6,437|Indiana}}
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{{PresRow|1952|Republican|24,272|18,733|585|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|15,662|17,060|803|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|17,340|18,780|455|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|17,616|20,836|239|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|14,207|19,048|272|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|16,012|14,346|887|Indiana}}
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{{PresRow|1920|Republican|14,845|8,329|856|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|6,919|5,946|906|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,018|4,313|5,947|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|7,014|5,725|937|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|8,522|3,673|1,255|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|8,301|4,647|482|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,340|4,253|191|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|4,908|2,862|537|Indiana}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|4,227|2,368|198|Indiana}}