Editing Prairie County, Arkansas (section)

===Politics===
Since the late 20th century, the majority-white Prairie County has traditionally supported [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] presidential candidates, except when an alternative from another [[Southern United States|Southern state]] has been present. The county supported [[List of Governors of Alabama|Arkansas Governor]] [[Bill Clinton]] by a wide margin, as well as [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[List of Governors of Georgia|Governor]] [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Alabama]] [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[George Wallace]] (running as an independent), and [[Texas]] native [[Lyndon Johnson]]. Following Clinton, the county has turned increasingly Republican, supporting [[Donald Trump]] 72.7% in 2016.<ref name="pol" />

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,628|524|48|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,786|654|55|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,505|814|125|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,153|880|108|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,223|1,048|110|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,030|1,562|32|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,862|1,563|82|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,025|2,211|339|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,154|2,366|436|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,947|1,688|21|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,407|1,437|32|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,855|1,928|112|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|813|2,836|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,186|873|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|693|875|2,014|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,476|1,812|22|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|734|1,680|222|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|917|1,504|19|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|871|1,664|6|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|260|1,020|398|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|465|1,117|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|336|1,069|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|282|1,321|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|158|1,743|10|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|613|1,000|8|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|386|730|65|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|842|962|41|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|655|1,061|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|376|647|163|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|812|1,103|59|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|648|639|28|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|496|856|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|633|1,145|5|Arkansas}}

In [[United States Congress|Congress]], Arkansas has been represented by two Republican senators ([[John Boozman]] and [[Tom Cotton]]) since January 3, 2015, ending a long history of Democratic hegemony. In the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], Prairie County is within the [[Arkansas's 1st congressional district|Arkansas 1st district]] with many other agricultural Delta counties on the eastern side of the state. The Arkansas 1st has been represented by [[Rick Crawford (politician)|Rick Crawford]] since [[United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010#District 1|2010]].

In the [[Arkansas Senate]], Prairie County is within the 10th District, which also covers all of Cross, Jackson, Monroe, and Woodruff Counties and parts of Arkansas, Lee, Lonoke, Poinsett and St. Francis Counties. It is represented by Republican [[Ron Caldwell|Ronald Caldwell]] of [[Wynne, Arkansas|Wynne]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronald Caldwell |url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/ronald-caldwell/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Arkansas Senate |language=en}}</ref> It was previously in the 28th District, which covered portions of Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, White, and Woodruff counties. The district was represented by [[Jonathan Dismang]], a [[Beebe, Arkansas|Beebe]] Republican, from January 2013 until redistricting in 2023. In the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]], Prairie County is split between the 60th and 61st districts. District 60, which covers western parts of Prairie County and also contains portions of Lonoke county, is represented by Republican [[Roger Lynch (politician)|Roger Lynch]] of [[Lonoke, Arkansas|Lonoke.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roger D. Lynch - Arkansas House of Representatives |url=https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/60 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.arkansashouse.org}}</ref> District 60, which covers eastern parts of Prairie County and also contains portions of Arkansas, Jackson, Monroe, and Woodruff counties, is represented by Republican [[Jeremiah Moore (politician)|Jeremiah Moore]] of [[Clarendon, Arkansas|Clarendon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremiah Moore - Arkansas House of Representatives |url=https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/61 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.arkansashouse.org}}</ref> Prairie County was previously in District 13, which was represented by [[David Hillman (politician)|David Hillman]] of [[Almyra, Arkansas|Almyra]] from 2013 to 2023.<ref>{{ cite map |author= Arkansas Economic Development Institute |title= Arkansas District Finder |publisher= [[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]] |location= Little Rock |scale= Various |url=https://argis.ualr.edu/DistrictFinder/index.html |access-date= February 23, 2019 }}</ref> Hillman switched to the Republican Party shortly after winning reelection in November 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moritz|first1=John|title=Arkansas representative switches parties, giving GOP supermajority in House|url=http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/nov/22/arkansas-representative-switches-parties-giving-go/|access-date=November 22, 2016|publisher=Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette}}</ref>
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