Phoenix City Council

The Phoenix City Council is the governing body of the city of Phoenix, Arizona. The council is made up of nine members, including a mayor and eight council members representing individual districts. While the mayor is elected in a citywide election, city council members are elected by votes only in the districts they represent, with both the mayor and council members serving four year terms.[1] The current mayor of Phoenix is Kate Gallego, a Democrat, who won the seat after defeating her former fellow-council member, Daniel Valenzuela in a run-off election in March of 2019.[2] In setting city policy and passing rules and regulations, the mayor and city council members each have equal voting power.[1]

Phoenix City Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1948
Leadership
Mayor
Kate Gallego, Democratic
since March 2019
Vice Mayor
Betty Guardado, Independent
since November 2019
Structure
Seats9
Political groups
Majority
  •   Democratic[lower-alpha 1]
    4 / 9 (44%)

Minority

History

Before 1948, the city of Phoenix was governed by commission. In 1948, the system was changed to a city council with a mayor selected in a run-off election in non-partisan elections. In 1982, the election system was changed so that councilors represented districts.[3]

Members
Mayor Kate Gallego
DistrictCouncil MembersParty (officially nonpartisan)
MayorKate GallegoDemocratic
District 1Thelda WilliamsRepublican
District 2Jim WaringRepublican
District 3Debra StarkDemocratic
District 4Laura PastorDemocratic
District 5Betty GuardadoIndependent
District 6Sal DiCiccioRepublican
District 7Michael NowakowskiDemocratic
District 8Carlos GarciaIndependent

References
  1. City of Phoenix elections are officially non-partisan; party affiliations are informational only.
  1. "Official Site of the City of Phoenix- About the Phoenix City Council". Phoenix.gov. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  2. "Latest numbers: Kate Gallego wins big in race for Phoenix mayor". azcentral. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  3. Dilworth, Richard (2011). Cities in American Political History. SAGE Publications. p. 608. ISBN 9780872899117. Retrieved 14 January 2016.


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