Editing Gaithersburg, Maryland (section)

==Government==
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|+ Presidential election results in Gaithersburg<ref name="Dave's">{{cite web|title=Dave's Redistricting|url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a365ecbd-db5f-4c84-a77f-90310c6a6c1a|access-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref>
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! style="text-align:center;" | Year
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! style="text-align:center;" | Others
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Maryland|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''77.5%''' ''21,286''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|20.0% ''5,487''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''694''
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Maryland|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.2%''' ''18,987''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.1% ''4,820''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.7% ''1,430''
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Gaithersburg has an elected, five-member City Council, which serves as the legislative body of the city. The mayor, who is also elected, serves as non-voting president of the council. The day-to-day administration of the city is overseen by a career [[city manager]]. 

The city's current mayor is Jud Ashman, who has held the office since 2014. On October 6, 2014, the Gaithersburg City Council selected city council member Jud Ashman to serve as mayor until the next City of Gaithersburg election in November 2015, replacing resigning mayor [[Sidney A. Katz|Sidney Katz]]. Ashman was re-elected in November 2015 and would be re-elected to full terms in 2017 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/news/press-releases/2014/10/20141006-council-member-jud-ashman-selected-as-mayor-of-gaithersburg|title=Council Member Jud Ashman Selected as Mayor of Gaithersburg|website=www.gaithersburgmd.gov}}</ref>

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! Position
! Name
! In office<br />since
! Next Election
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|Mayor ||Jud Ashman ||2015 ||2025
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|Council (At Large) ||Lisa Henderson ||2021 ||2025
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|Council (At Large) ||Jim McNulty ||2021 ||2025
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|Council (At Large) ||Neil Harris ||2014 ||2027
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|Council (At Large) ||Yamil Hernández ||2023 ||2027
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|Council (At Large) ||Robert Wu ||2015 ||2027
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Previous mayors include:

# George W. Meem 1898–1904
# Carson Ward 1904–1906
# John W. Walker 1906–1908
# E. D. Kingsley 1908–1912
# Richard H. Miles 1912–1918
# John W. Walker 1918–1924
# Walter M. Magruder 1924–1926
# William McBain 1926–1948
# Harry C. Perry, Sr. 1948–1954
# Merton F. Duvall 1954–1966
# John W. Griffith 1966–1967
# Harold C. Morris 1967–1974
# Susan E. Nicholson, May–September 1974
# Milton M. Walker 1974–1976
# B. Daniel Walder 1976–1978
# Bruce A. Goldensohn 1978–1986
# W. Edward Bohrer, Jr. 1986–1998
# [[Sidney A. Katz]] 1998 – 2014
# Jud Ashman, November 2014 – Present

The departments of the city of Gaithersburg and their directors include:
* Office of the City Manager, Tanisha R. Briley
* Finance and Administration, Janice Hartman
* Planning and Code Administration, John Schlichting
* Community, Neighborhood and Housing Services, Tom Lonergan-Seeger
* Human Resources, Kimberly Yocklin
* Information Technology, Ruth Lutero
* Parks, Recreation, and Culture, Carolyn Muller
* Chief of Police, Mark Sroka
* Public Works, Anthony Berger