Small town mayors are most always Democrats.
Mayors of many of the largest cities are also Democrat.
I suppose it depends on where the town is located. In this case, Marionville is located in southwest Missouri, in the Ozarks. (Just looked it up.)
Don't know what party - if any - this Clevenger affiliates with, and there is no mention of it in the article.
Can a FReeper with local knowledge please help us out on this?
I hate non-partisan local elections, they make it easier for rats to win in places they shouldn’t (and occasionally the reverse).
But I find it implausible that small town mayors “are most always Democrats.” There are Republican mayors out there, a lot of them.