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Butler County, Missouri (view source)
Revision as of 21:07, December 15, 2019
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==Government==
Local government in Butler County is provided by the elected officials. Traditionally, these have been dominated by the [[Republican]] Party, which at present holds all the elected positions.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Countywide official !! Name !! Party
|-
| Assessor || Chris Rickman || Republican
|-
| Circuit Clerk || Cindi Bowman || Republican
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| County Clerk || Tonyi Deffendall || Republican
|-
| Collector || Emily Parks || Republican
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| Commissioner (presiding) || Vince Lampe || Republican
|-
| Commissioner (District 1) || Don Anderson || Republican
|-
| Commissioner (District 2) || Dennis LeGrand || Republican
|-
| Coroner || Andy Moore || Republican
|-
| Prosecuting Attorney || Kacey Proctor || Republican
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| Public Administrator || Sharron Payne || Republican
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| Recorder || Debby Lundstrom || Republican
|-
| Sheriff || Mark Dobbs || Republican
|-
| Surveyor || Jim Mathis || Republican
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| Treasurer || Tammy Marler || Republican
|}
At the state level, Butler County lies within parts of two separate legislative districts for the Missouri House of Representatives. Most of the southern half of the county, including most of the city of Poplar Bluff, is part of the 152nd District, which also includes a portion of Dunklin 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%
|}
Billington slightly overperformed in Dunklin County, winning by a margin of 5,890 votes to 2,623 for Smith.
Most of the northern half of the county, including some of the outlying neighborhoods of Poplar Bluff, is in the 153rd District, which also includes all of Carter and Ripley Counties and a portion of Wayne County. It is currently represented by Jeff Shawan (R-Poplar Bluff), who was elected to his first term in November 2018, defeating Democrat Matt Michel.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
|-
| Jeff Shawan || Republican || 9,717 || 74.471%
|-
| Matt Michel || Democratic || 3,331 || 25.529%
|}
Shawan significantly overperformed in Butler County, winning by a margin of 4,249 votes to 988 for Michel.
In the Missouri State Senate, Butler County is part of the 25th District, which also includes Carter, Dunklin, 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
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| Doug Libla || Republican || 44,373 || 69.354%
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| Bill Burlison || Democratic || 19,607 || 30.646%
|}
Libla significantly overperformed in Butler County, winning 12,741 votes to 3,989 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%
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| Kathy Ellis || Democratic || 66,151 || 25.019%
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| Jonathan Shell || Libertarian || 4,206 || 1.591%
|}
Smith somewhat overperformed his average margin in Dunklin County, winning 79.65% of the vote.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default</ref>
==References==
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