In the 2018 election, things changed considerably in the county with the re-election of Kevin Neal as the County Judge Executive along with fellow Republicans: Danny Carroll as Kentucky Senator of the 1st District; Chris Freeland as the Kentucky House of Representative of the 6th District; Kevin Spraggs as 2nd District County Commissioner; Monti Collins as 3rd District County Commissioner; Eddie McGuire as County Sheriff' and Michael Gordon as County Coroner. The Local offices of Marshall County, Kentucky have Five Republicans, 5 Democrats and 1 Independent. County voters have preferred the Republican candidate for president in all elections since 2000. Donald Trump earned nearly three quarters of the vote in 2016.