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| | | Treasurer || Terry L. Slayton || Republican | | | Treasurer || Terry L. Slayton || Republican |
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| | + | At the state level, all of Ripley County is part of the 153rd District, which also includes all of Carter County and portions of Butler and Wayne Counties. It is currently represented by Jeff Shawan (R-[[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]]), who was elected to his first term in November 2018, defeating Democrat Matt Michel. |
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| | + | {| class="wikitable" |
| | + | ! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage |
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| | + | | Jeff Shawan || Republican || 9,717 || 74.471% |
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| | + | | Matt Michel || Democratic || 3,331 || 25.529% |
| | + | |} |
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| | + | Shawan somewhat underperformed within Ripley County, winning by a margin of 3,012 to 1,421. |
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| | + | In the Missouri State Senate, Ripley County is part of the 33rd District, which also includes Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Texas, Webster, and Wright Counties. It is currently represented by Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville), who was re-elected in November 2016 without opposition. |
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| | + | At the federal level, Ripley 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 Ripley County, winning 79.702% of the vote.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |