Editing Iron County, Missouri (section)

===State===
In the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], all of Iron County is a part of Missouri's 144th District and is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2013&district=144 Paul Fitzwater] of [[Potosi, Missouri|Potosi]]. Fitzwater was elected in 2016 to his fourth and final term in the Missouri House.

In the [[Missouri Senate]], all of Iron County is a part of Missouri's 3rd District and is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [http://www.senate.mo.gov/13info/members/mem03.htm Gary Romine] of [[Farmington, Missouri|Farmington]]. Romine defeated former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Missouri House of Representatives|State Representative]] [http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills081/member/mem104.htm Joseph Fallert, Jr.] of [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri|Ste. Genevieve]] in 2012 with 53.84 percent of the vote in the district, which includes most of the Missouri Lead Belt region. The seat was vacated by former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Missouri Senate|State Senator]] [http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/members/mem03.htm Kevin Engler] of [[Farmington, Missouri|Farmington]]. Engler successfully served two terms/eight years in the Missouri Senate and was ineligible to seek a third term due to term limits.

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|+ Past gubernatorial elections results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''77.30%''' ''3,399''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|19.35% ''851''
|align="center" |3.24% ''147''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2020 Missouri gubernatorial election|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''72.08%''' ''3,266''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|24.39% ''1,105''
|align="center" |3.53% ''160''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''60.76%''' ''2,600''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|34.99% ''1,497''
|align="center" |4.25% ''182''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|39.87% ''1,596''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''56.91%''' ''2,278''
|align="center" |3.22% ''129''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|33.45% ''1,483''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''64.14%''' ''2,844''
|align="center" |2.41% ''107''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.62%''' ''2,359''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|47.53% ''2,215''
|align="center" |2.85% ''86''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|2000
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|45.42% ''2,002''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.23%''' ''2,258''
|align="center" |3.35% ''148''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1996
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|35.54% ''1,470''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''62.60%''' ''2,589''
|align="center" |1.86% ''77''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1992
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|37.07% ''1,653''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''62.93%''' ''2,806''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|1988
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''55.65%''' ''2,290''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|44.16% ''1,817''
|align="center" |0.19% ''8''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|1984
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.01%''' ''2,127''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|49.99% ''2,126''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|1980
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.18%''' ''2,322''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.62% ''2,206''
|align="center" |0.20% ''9''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1976
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|46.76% ''2,043''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''52.99%''' ''2,315''
|align="center" |0.25% ''11''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|1972
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.80%''' ''1,840''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.86% ''1,760''
|align="center" |0.06% ''2''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1968
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|33.82% ''1,246''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''66.18%''' ''2,438''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1964
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|28.59% ''1,066''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''71.41%''' ''2,662''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1960
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|38.41% ''1,465''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''61.59%''' ''2,349''
|align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|}