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 ==Government==
-Local government in Scott County is provided by the elected officials. Though these positions have traditionally been dominated by the [[Democratic Party]], the [[Republicans]] have made inroads in recent years and now hold several.
+Local government in Scott County is provided by the elected officials. Though these positions have traditionally been dominated by the [[Democratic Party]], the [[Republicans]] have made inroads in recent years and now hold a slim majority.
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 ! Scott County, Missouri: Elected countywide officials
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-| Assessor || Teresa Houchin || Democratic
+| Assessor || Carla Essner || Republican
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-| Circuit Clerk || Christy Hency || Democratic
+| Circuit Clerk || Stacey Naile || Republican
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 | County Clerk || Rita Milam || Democratic
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 | Commissioner (presiding) || Jim Glueck || Republican
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-| Commissioner (District 1) || Dennis Ziegenhorn || Democratic
+| Commissioner (District 1) || Terry Cole || Republican
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 | Commissioner (District 2) || Donnie Kiefer || Democratic
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 | Prosecuting Attorney || Amanda Oesch || Republican
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-| Public Administrator || Julia Crader-Dolan || Democratic
+| Public Administrator || Julia Crader-Dolan || Republican
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 | Recorder || Tara Mason || Democratic
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-At the state level, Scott County lies within parts of three separate legislative districts for the Missouri House of Representatives. Most of the county is part of the 148th District, which also includes a portion of Mississippi County. It is currently represented by Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), who was re-elected in November 2018 without opposition.
+At the state level, Scott County lies within parts of three separate legislative districts for the Missouri House of Representatives. Most of the county is part of the 148th District, which also includes a portion of Mississippi County. It is currently represented by Jamie Burger (R-Benton), who was elected to his first term in November 2020 without opposition.
-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.
+Part of the Sikeston area falls within the 149th District, which also includes all of New Madrid and parts of Mississippi and [[Pemiscot County, Missouri|Pemiscot]] Counties. It is currently represented by Don Rone (R-[[Portageville, Missouri|Portageville]]), who was re-elected to a fourth term in November 2020, without opposition.
-Within Scott County, Morse won decisively by a margin of 1,670 votes to 454 for Howard.
+The western parts of the county, including the Chaffee and Oran areas, are in the 151st District, which also includes all of Stoddard County. It is currently represented by Herman Morse (R-[[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]), who was re-elected to his second full term in November 2020 without opposition.
-In the Missouri State Senate, Scott County is part of the 27th District, which also includes [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger]], Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, and Wayne Counties. It is currently represented by Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau), who was re-elected in November 2016, defeating Democrat Donnie Owens.
+In the Missouri State Senate, Scott County is part of the 27th District, which also includes [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger]], Cape Girardeau, [[Madison County, Missouri|Madison]], [[Perry County, Missouri|Perry]], and [[Wayne County, Missouri|Wayne]] Counties. It is currently represented by Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), the former representative for the 148th District, who was elected to her first term in November 2020, defeating Democrat Donnie Owens.
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 ! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
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-| Wayne Wallingford || Republican || 56,750 || 74.44%
+| Holly Rehder || Republican || 63,644 || 76.88%
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-| Donnie Owens || Democratic || 19,486 || 25.56%
+| Donnie Owens || Democratic || 19,135 || 23.12%
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-Wallingford slightly underperformed his average margin in Scott County, winning 11,752 votes to 4,727 for Owens.
+Rehder almost exactly matched her average margin in Scott County, winning 13,391 votes to 4,003 for Owens.
-At the federal level, Scott 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.
+At the federal level, Scott 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 2020, defeating Democrat Kathy Ellis.
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 ! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Vote Percentage
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-| Jason Smith || Republican || 194,042 || 73.39%
+| Jason Smith || Republican || 253,811 || 76.86%
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-| Kathy Ellis || Democratic || 66,151 || 25.019%
+| Kathy Ellis || Democratic || 70,561 || 21.367%
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-| Jonathan Shell || Libertarian || 4,206 || 1.591%
+| Tom Schmitz || Libertarian || 5,854 || 1.773%
 |}
-Smith slightly overperformed his average margin in Scott County, winning 76.41% of the vote.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default</ref>
+Smith slightly overperformed his average margin in Scott County, winning 77.62% of the vote.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default</ref>
 '''Political Culture'''
-As the above numbers indicate, despite its tendency to vote Democratic at the local level, Scott County is solidly Republican at the state and federal level. In recent elections, with the exception of Haywood City and certain neighborhoods of Sikeston (these being majority African-American), every local municipality has voted Republicans into office by a heavy margin. In the 2016 general election, the county overwhelmingly supported [[Donald Trump]], who won 75.95% of the vote.<ref>http://www.scottcountymo.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/november-6-2018-general-election-breakdown.pdf</ref>
+As the above numbers indicate, despite its tendency to vote Democratic at the local level, Scott County is solidly Republican at the state and federal level. In recent elections, with the exception of Haywood City and certain neighborhoods of Sikeston (these being majority African-American), every local municipality has voted Republicans into office by a heavy margin. In the 2016 general election, the county overwhelmingly supported [[Donald Trump]], who won 75.95% of the vote; this was increased to 77.58% in the 2020 election.<ref>https://www.scottcountymo.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/november32020official.pdf</ref>
 Like much of southern Missouri, Scott 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 Scott County with 85.32% support. In 2006, while the state overall narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county decisively defeated the measure with 64.85% voting against. At the same time, in the November 2018 election, the county voted in favor of an increase in the state minimum wage (though by a much smaller margin than elsewhere in the state). These results generally align with the rest of Southeast Missouri.

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 ==Geography==
-Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]] and [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid]] Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
+Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]] and [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid]] Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau County]].
 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 426 square miles.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref>
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 Within Scott County, Morse won decisively by a margin of 1,670 votes to 454 for Howard.
-In the Missouri State Senate, Scott County is part of the 27th District, which also includes Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, and Wayne Counties. It is currently represented by Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau), who was re-elected in November 2016, defeating Democrat Donnie Owens.
+In the Missouri State Senate, Scott County is part of the 27th District, which also includes [[Bollinger County, Missouri|Bollinger]], Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, and Wayne Counties. It is currently represented by Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau), who was re-elected in November 2016, defeating Democrat Donnie Owens.
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 Colonization by first the French and then the Spanish began during the 18th century. In 1789, the Spanish government built El Camino Real (King's Highway), a road linking settlements along the west bank of the Mississippi, which ran north to south through what became Scott County a few miles west of the river (roughly along the future U.S. Route 61). The first permanent settlement was at Tywappity, a fur trading post on the river, in 1788, making it one of the oldest such communities west of the Mississippi; it was eventually renamed [[Commerce, Missouri|Commerce]].
-When the Missouri Territory was organized into counties in 1812, the region was included within New Madrid County, but its population was soon large enough for a separate jurisdiction to be created. Scott County was officially organized on December 28, 1821 and named for U.S. Congressman John Scott. Commerce served as the county seat for a time, but this status was eventually transferred to Benton, closer to the geographic center of the county.
+When the Missouri Territory was organized into counties in 1812, the region was included within [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County]], but its population was soon large enough for a separate jurisdiction to be created. Scott County was officially organized on December 28, 1821 and named for U.S. Congressman John Scott. Commerce served as the county seat for a time, but this status was eventually transferred to Benton, closer to the geographic center of the county.
 Like much of Missouri, Scott County suffered severely from [[guerrilla warfare]] during the [[Civil War]], though no major battles were fought within the county. M. Jeff Thompson, a Missouri general who served the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]], had a presence within the county during the early days of the war. After the Civil War, Scott County grew rapidly thanks to the clearing of the swampy lowlands and their conversion to agriculture, and to the extension of railroads throughout the area. Sikeston soon became the most prominent community, thanks to the importance of cotton-growing in the south.
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 ==Geography==
-Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]] and New Madrid Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
+Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]] and [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid]] Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 426 square miles.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref>

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 ==Geography==
-Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by Mississippi and New Madrid Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
+Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]] and New Madrid Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 426 square miles.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt</ref>

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	'''Scott County''' is a county in southeastern [[Missouri]]. It lies along the [[Mississippi River]], just north of the Missouri Bootheel. It was organized in 1821 and named for John Scott, the first man elected to the [[House of Representatives]] from Missouri.		'''Scott County''' is a county in southeastern [[Missouri]]. It lies along the [[Mississippi River]], just north of the Missouri Bootheel. It was organized in 1821 and named for John Scott, the first man elected to the [[House of Representatives]] from Missouri.

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 Rone narrowly lost to Burlison within the Scott County portion (739 votes to 692), but won the district overall.
-The western parts of the county, including the Chaffee and Oran areas, are in the 151st District, which also includes all of Stoddard County. It is currently represented by Herman Morse (R-[[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]], who was re-elected in November 2018, defeating Democrat Jerry Howard.
+The western parts of the county, including the Chaffee and Oran areas, are in the 151st District, which also includes all of Stoddard County. It is currently represented by Herman Morse (R-[[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]]), who was re-elected in November 2018, defeating Democrat Jerry Howard.
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 As the above numbers indicate, despite its tendency to vote Democratic at the local level, Scott County is solidly Republican at the state and federal level. In recent elections, with the exception of Haywood City and certain neighborhoods of Sikeston (these being majority African-American), every local municipality has voted Republicans into office by a heavy margin. In the 2016 general election, the county overwhelmingly supported [[Donald Trump]], who won 75.95% of the vote.<ref>http://www.scottcountymo.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/november-6-2018-general-election-breakdown.pdf</ref>
-Like much of southern Missouri, Scott 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 Scott County with 85.32% support. In 2006, while the state overall narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county decisively defeated the measure with 64.85% voting against. At the same time, in the November 2018 election, the county voted in favor of an increase in the state minimum wage (though by a much smaller margin than elsewhere in the state). These results generally align with the rest of Southeast Missouri.
+Like much of southern Missouri, Scott 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 Scott County with 85.32% support. In 2006, while the state overall narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county decisively defeated the measure with 64.85% voting against. At the same time, in the November 2018 election, the county voted in favor of an increase in the state minimum wage (though by a much smaller margin than elsewhere in the state). These results generally align with the rest of Southeast Missouri.
 ==References==
 [[Category:Counties]]
 [[Category:Missouri]]

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 | Treasurer || Joe Bill Davis || Republican
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 * [[Lambert, Missouri|Lambert]]
 * [[Vanduser, Missouri|Vanduser]]
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