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==Politics== {{see also|List of mayors of Fredericksburg, Virginia}} By long-standing tradition (dating back to the Federal [[Hatch Act of 1939]], which prohibited government employees from participating in partisan politics), local elections in Fredericksburg are officially non-partisan. Neither the mayoral and council elections nor local constitutional positions (e.g. sheriff, Commissioner of Revenue, Commonwealth Attorney) list candidates with a party label. {{PresHead|place=Fredericksburg, Virginia|source=<ref>{{cite web|author=David Leip |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |publisher=Uselectionatlas.org |access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|4,480|8,760|338|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|4,037|8,517|308|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|3,744|6,707|806|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|4,060|7,131|246|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|3,413|6,155|109|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|3,390|4,085|67|Virginia}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,935|3,360|386|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,579|3,215|370|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,819|3,266|794|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,401|2,683|70|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,500|2,439|34|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,502|2,174|292|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,527|2,550|73|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,211|1,702|63|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,142|2,036|890|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,511|2,410|7|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,566|1,326|23|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,672|934|169|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,536|970|4|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|810|816|305|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|698|1,092|3|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|522|1,037|6|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|411|944|2|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|366|812|13|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|697|594|0|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|223|558|28|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|299|581|13|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|173|380|1|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|51|414|101|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|252|285|2|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|124|352|4|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|353|587|4|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|388|533|16|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|311|655|9|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|409|595|0|Virginia}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|402|562|3|Virginia}} {{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|272|523|0|Virginia}} [[File:Fredericksburg City Hall 2017.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Fredericksburg City Hall]] Like the rest of [[Northern Virginia]], Fredericksburg has trended strongly [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in the early 21st century. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], voters in Fredericksburg gave [[Barack Obama]] a total of 63.6% of the vote.<ref name="uselectionatlas.org">{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref> Only [[Arlington County]], [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], and [[Falls Church]] in Northern Virginia had a higher percentage of votes for Obama.<ref name="elections.nytimes.com">{{cite news|title=2008 Presidential Election Results By County |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 2008 |access-date=April 6, 2012}}</ref> No Republican presidential candidate has carried Fredericksburg since [[George H. W. Bush]] did so in [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]. In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], then-candidate [[Donald Trump]] garnered the lowest percentage of the city's vote for any Republican candidate since 1936; about two percent fewer votes were garnered in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]. Fredericksburg operates with a [[council-manager government]], with Kerry Devine as the current mayor, first elected in 2024. The following is the current makeup of City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fredericksburgva.gov/263/Council-Members|title=Council Members | Fredericksburg, VA β Official Website}}</ref> {| class=wikitable |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position ! style="text-align:center;" | Name ! valign=bottom | Affiliation ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Mayor | Kerry Devine | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | At-Large |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Vice Mayor | Charlie Frye Jr. | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | Ward 4 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Member | Jason Graham | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | Ward 1 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Member | Jon Gerlach | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | Ward 2 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Member | Timothy Duffy | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | Ward 3 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Member | Jannan Holmes | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | At-Large |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | Member | Will Mackintosh | style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent (United States)|Independent]] | style="text-align:center;" | At-Large |}
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