Phoenix City Council

Phoenix City Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1948
Leadership
Kate Gallego (D)
since March 2019
Vice Mayor
Debra Stark (D)
since January 2024
Public Safety Committee Chair
Ann O’Brien (R)
Structure
Seats9
Phoenix City Council composition
Political groups
3

Officially nonpartisan

  •   Democratic (5)
  •   Republican (3)
  •   Independent (1)

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 2019.[2] In setting city policy and passing rules and regulations, the mayor and city council members each have equal voting power.[1]

  1. ^ a b "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.