The city of 45885 St. Marys, OH is governed by a mayor and six council members. The current mayor is Patricia Wolf, who was elected in 2017 to serve a four-year term. The six council members are Nancy Ferdig, Jeff Gossard, Lisa Miller, Chris Oenker, Ginny Smith-Ackerman and Jeff Winkler. Each member serves a two-year term that begins in January 2021. All residents of 45885 St. Marys are eligible to vote in the November general election for any position up for election including the mayor and council positions. In addition to their leadership roles in the city government, these elected officials also strive to make decisions that positively impact the community at large through initiatives such as promoting economic development, providing recreational opportunities and investing in public safety programs.
The political climate in Zip 45885 (St. Marys, OH) is very conservative.
Auglaize County, OH is very conservative. In Auglaize County, OH 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Auglaize county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 18.0%.
Auglaize county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45885 (St. Marys, OH) is very conservative.
St. Marys, Ohio is very conservative.
Auglaize County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wapakoneta Metro Area is very conservative.
Ohio is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
St. Marys, Ohio: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 45885 (St. Marys)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 221 contributions totaling $11,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $13,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)