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Dunklin County, Missouri (view source)
Revision as of 02:30, September 2, 2019
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==Government==
==Government==
Local government in Dunklin County is provided by the elected officials. Traditionally, these have been dominated by the [[Democratic]] Party, but the [[Republican]] Party has gradually become more competitive and now holds almost half the elected positions.
Local government in Dunklin County is provided by the elected officials. Traditionally, these have been dominated by the [[Democratic]] Party, but the [[Republican]] Party has gradually become more competitive and now holds almost half the elected positions.
| Surveyor || Metz Skelton || Democratic
| Surveyor || Metz Skelton || Democratic
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At the state level, Dunklin County lies within parts of two separate legislative districts for the Missouri House of Representatives. Most of the county, except for the northernmost portion, is part of the 150th District, which also includes a portion of Pemiscot County. It is currently represented by Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering), who was re-elected to a third term in November 2018, defeating Democrat Josh Rittenberry.
Part of the Sikeston area falls within the 149th District, which also includes all of New Madrid and parts of Mississippi and Pemiscot Counties. It is currently represented by Don Rone (R-Portageville), who was re-elected in November 2018, defeating Democrat Bill Burlison.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
|-
| Andrew McDaniel || Republican || 6,525 || 75.373%
|-
| Josh Rittenberry || Democratic || 2,132 || 24.627%
|}
McDaniel slightly overperformed in Dunklin County, winning by a margin of 4,521 votes to 1,192 for Rittenberry.
The northernmost portion of the county, including the Malden area, is in the 152nd District, which also includes part of Butler County. It is currently represented by Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff), who was elected to his first term in November 2018, defeating Democrat Robert L. Smith.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
|-
| Hardy Billington || Republican || 7,373 || 69.036%
|-
| Robert L. Smith || Democratic || 3,307 || 30.964%
|}
Within Dunklin County, Billington won by a margin of 1,483 votes to 684 for Smith.
In the Missouri State Senate, Dunklin County is part of the 25th District, which also includes Butler, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Shannon, and Stoddard Counties. It is currently represented by Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff), who was re-elected in November 2016, defeating Democrat Bill Burlison.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
|-
| Doug Libla || Republican || 44,373 || 69.354%
|-
| Bill Burlison || Democratic || 19,607 || 30.646%
|}
Libla roughly matched his average margin in Dunklin County, winning 6,952 votes to 3,195 for Burlison.
At the federal level, Dunklin County is part of Missouri's 8th Congressional District, which includes most of southeast and south-central Missouri. It is represented by Jason Smith (R-Salem), who won re-election in November 2018, defeating Democrat Kathy Ellis.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
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| Jason Smith || Republican || 194,042 || 73.39%
|-
| Kathy Ellis || Democratic || 66,151 || 25.019%
|-
| Jonathan Shell || Libertarian || 4,206 || 1.591%
|}
Smith slightly overperformed his average margin in Dunklin County, winning 75.52% of the vote.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default</ref>
'''Political Culture'''
As the above numbers indicate, though it sometimes continues to vote Democratic at the local level, Dunklin County is solidly Republican at the state and federal level. Its voting patterns mirror those in much of the South and lower Midwest, with a white majority that has gradually swung its support to the Republicans, and an African-American minority that continues to vote heavily Democratic. In the 2016 general election, the county overwhelmingly supported [[Donald Trump]], who won 75.87% of the vote.<ref>https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/CountyResults.aspx</ref>
Like much of southern Missouri, Dunklin County can be included within the [[Bible Belt]], and tends to combine social [[conservatism]] with economic [[populism]]. In 2004, it voted overwhelmingly in favor of Constitutional Amendment 2, which recognized marriage as between a man and a woman only—the measure passed in Dunklin County with 87.57% support. In 2006, while the state overall narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county defeated the measure with 53.70% voting against. At the same time, it frequently supports economic measures that appear to favor the working and middle class. In the November 2018 election, the county voted in favor of an increase in the state minimum wage (though with only 57.61% support, a somewhat smaller margin than elsewhere in the state). These results generally align with the rest of Southeast Missouri.
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