Editing Bibb County, Georgia (section)

== Government and politics ==
Since the 2014 consolidation, Macon-Bibb has been governed by a mayor, elected [[at-large]] (county-wide), along with a nine-member county commission with members elected from [[single-member districts]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.macon.com/2012/07/28/2112048/last-details-of-macon-bibb-consolidation.html
 |title=Last details of Macon-Bibb consolidation debate aired
 |publisher=The Telegraph
 |date=July 28, 2012
|author=Jim Gaines
}}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.macon.com/2012/07/31/2116420/first-macon-bibb-county-consolidation.html|title = Macon-Bibb County consolidation wins with strong majorities|author = Mike Stucka|publisher = The Telegraph|date = July 31, 2012|access-date = August 28, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140719125943/http://www.macon.com/2012/07/31/2116420/first-macon-bibb-county-consolidation.html|archive-date = July 19, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/topstories/article/188608/175/Consolidation-3-Areas-of-Macon-and-Bibb-Affected-Differently
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116000154/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/topstories/article/188608/175/Consolidation-3-Areas-of-Macon-and-Bibb-Affected-Differently
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=January 16, 2013
|title=Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently
 |publisher=13 WMAZ
 |date=July 13, 2012
|author=Erica Lockwood
}}
</ref>

Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected [[sheriff]] responsible for maintaining the [[County jail|jail]]. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's [[Police|law enforcement]] duties, with their deputies acting as the city and county [[police]] force. {{As of|2019||df=}}, the current sheriff is David Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bibbsheriff.us/sheriff-david-davis/|title=Sheriff David Davis {{!}} bibbsheriff.us|language=en-US|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

===Elections===
[[File:Bibb County Courthouse, base of Confederate monument, circa 1876 - DPLA - 54681e1bd3e6d3f9e7328362443594da.jpeg|thumb|249x249px|Bibb County Courthouse, ''circa'' 1876]]
In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's incumbent mayor [[Robert Reichert]] received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates, but a winner had to take a majority of the vote. Reichert subsequently won 63% of the vote in a [[Two-round system|runoff election]] against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|title=Election Race Results &#124; Macon, GA - Warner Robins, GA &#124; 13WMAZ.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|archive-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref>
Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and may serve only two consecutive terms. Reichert had to leave office in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/election/article79718572.html|title=Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past|last=Dunlap|first=Stanley|date=May 25, 2016|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

As an urban county with a majority African-American population, voters in Bibb County today consistently vote at high rates for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidates counties in presidential elections. During the late 19th century and into the late 1960s, when most African Americans were disenfranchised by the state constitution and practices under [[Jim Crow]], white conservatives dominated the Democratic Party and voting. The combination of these two contrasting affiliations resulted in the majority of county voters having supported for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate only three times in its history. Bibb was the only county in the [[2004 Georgia flag referendum|2004 flag referendum]] to vote to keep the [[Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)#Third flag (2001–2003)|2001 flag]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Statewide Advisory Flag Referendum |url=https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |website=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=February 11, 2022 |date= July 7, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025741/https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>
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{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|15,175|31,770|1,185|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|12,819|31,902|0|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|13,490|10,579|17,328|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|25,641|17,831|0|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|7,242|14,966|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|6,121|14,687|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,837|7,011|3,229|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,884|5,352|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,371|6,729|37|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|452|5,722|23|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|405|4,372|31|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|58|2,048|201|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|71|1,741|105|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|565|1,946|68|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|236|2,117|40|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|250|1,897|42|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|670|1,854|1,125|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|641|3,627|102|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,121|2,215|119|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|857|1,727|0|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|908|1,588|0|Georgia}}

===United States Congress===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Senators'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Assumed Office'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Level'''
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 2
| [[Raphael Warnock]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2021
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 3
| [[Jon Ossoff]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2021
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Representatives'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Assumed Office'''
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| District 2
| [[Sanford Bishop]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 1993
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| District 8
| [[Austin Scott (politician)|Austin Scott]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2011
|}

===Georgia General Assembly===

==== Georgia State Senate ====

{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''District'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Assumed office'''
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| 18
| [[John F. Kennedy (Georgia politician)|John F. Kennedy]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2015
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| 25
| [[Rick Williams (Georgia Politician)|Rick Williams]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2023
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| 51
| [[David Lucas (politician)|David Lucas]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2011
|}

====Georgia House of Representatives====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''District'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Assumed office'''
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| 140
| [[Robert Dickey (Georgia politician)|Robert Dickey]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2011
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| 141
| [[Allen Peake]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2011
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| 142
| [[Miriam Paris]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2017
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| 143
| [[James Beverly]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2011
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| 144
| [[Bubber Epps]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2008
|}

<ref name='State House Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/HouseMembersList.aspx|title=House Members List|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref name='State Senate Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/SenateMembersList.aspx|title=Senate Members List|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref name='District List'>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/Documents/SEPT%202012/Joint%20County%20Districts-2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530214959/http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/Documents/SEPT%202012/Joint%20County%20Districts-2012.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=live|title=Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref>