Editing Avondale, Arizona (section)

==Government==
Avondale falls within Arizona's 7th Congressional District, which has no current [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] due to the death of [[Raúl Grijalva|Raul Grijalva]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wu |first=Nicholas |date=2025-03-13 |title=Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at 77 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/raul-grijalva-arizona-congressman-dies-at-77-00229753 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> In the state legislature, Avondale falls under the [[Arizona's 22nd State Legislative District]], served by [[Arizona House of Representatives|Representatives]] [[Lorenzo Sierra]] and [[Diego Espinoza]] and [[Arizona Senate|Senator]] [[Lupe Contreras]], all [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].

=== Mayors ===
* Troy G. Fincher, ca. 1949<ref>{{citation |title=1949-1950 Salisbury's Glendale, Arizona, north and west Maricopa County Directory |via= Arizona Memory Project |url= https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/161325 |page= 89}}</ref>
* Russell H. Brinker, ca. 1959<ref>{{citation |title=1959 The Mullin-Kille Glendale, Arizona ConSurvey City Directory |via= Arizona Memory Project |url= https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/255839 |page= 526 }}</ref>
* Laverne R. Turner, ca. 1963<ref>{{citation |title=1963 The Mullin-Kille Glendale, Arizona ConSurvey City Directory |via= Arizona Memory Project |url= https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/161251 |page= 22}}</ref>
* Thomas F. Morales, Jr., ca. 1996<ref>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19980110045431/http://www.ci.avondale.az.us/ |archive-date=1998-01-10 |url=http://www.ci.avondale.az.us/ |title=ci.avondale.az.us |publisher=City of Avondale |via=Wayback Machine }}</ref>
* Ronald J. Drake, ca. 2000–2005<ref>{{citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000620190917/http://www.ci.avondale.az.us/ |archive-date=2000-06-20 |url=http://www.ci.avondale.az.us/ |title=Mayor/Council |work=ci.avondale.az.us |publisher=City of Avondale |via=Wayback Machine }}</ref> 
* Marie Lopez Rogers, ca. 2006–2013<ref>{{citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102040643/http://az-avondale.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=57 |archive-date=2006-11-02 |url=http://az-avondale.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=57 |title=Mayor Lopez Rogers |publisher=City of Avondale |via=Wayback Machine }}</ref>
* Kenneth N. Weise, 2014–2024<ref>{{citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703032400/http://www.avondale.org/Index.aspx?NID=51 |archive-date=2014-07-03 |url=http://www.avondale.org/Index.aspx?NID=51 |title=Council Profiles |work=avondale.org |publisher=City of Avondale |via=Wayback Machine }}</ref>
* Mike Pineda, 2025–present<ref>https://www.avondaleaz.gov/government/mayor-council/mayor-mike-pineda</ref>