Editing Jerome, Arizona (section)

==Government==
Jerome has a [[mayor–council]] government. The five seats on the council are filled by public election every two years, and the council member receiving the most votes in that election becomes the mayor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tracey|first=Tom|title=Will Jerome See 'Out with the Old, in with the Old?'|work=Verde Independent|url=https://www.verdenews.com/news/2016/sep/01/will-jerome-see-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-old/|publisher=Western News&Info|date=September 1, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505015928/https://www.verdenews.com/news/2016/sep/01/will-jerome-see-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-old/|archive-date=May 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Christina "Alex" Barber  is the mayor in 2024, and Jane Moore is the vice mayor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor and Council|publisher=Town of Jerome|url=https://jerome.az.gov/mayor-and-council|year=2022|access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref>

Yavapai County typically elects [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] to state and federal offices.<ref name="NPR elections">{{cite news|last=Joffe-Block|first=Jude|title=Is Arizona a Swing State This Year|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493635736/is-arizona-a-swing-state-this-year|publisher=National Public Radio|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224072710/http://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493635736/is-arizona-a-swing-state-this-year|archive-date=December 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> About 64{{spaces}}percent of its participating voters chose Republican [[Mitt Romney]] for president in 2012,<ref name="NPR elections"/> and about 63{{spaces}}percent chose Republican [[Donald Trump]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election Results: Yavapai County|url=https://www.dcourier.com/news/2016/nov/08/election-results-yavapai-county-arizona/|work=The Daily Courier|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=The Daily Courier and Western News&Info|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110194856/https://www.dcourier.com/news/2016/nov/08/election-results-yavapai-county-arizona/|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> At the state level, [[Walter Blackman]] and [[Bob Thorpe (politician)|Bob Thorpe]], both Republicans, represent Jerome as part of the Sixth Legislative District of the [[Arizona Legislature]]. Republican [[Sylvia Allen]] represents the Sixth District in the [[Arizona Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=District Locator|url=http://azredistricting.org/districtlocator/|publisher=Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430201041/http://azredistricting.org/districtlocator/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Member Roster|publisher=Arizona State Legislature|url=http://www.azleg.gov/memberroster/|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> At the federal level, Republican [[Paul Gosar]] represents Jerome and the rest of Arizona's Fourth Congressional District in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Democrats [[Mark Kelly]] and [[Ruben Gallego]] represent Arizona in the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arizona's 4th Congressional District|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/AZ/4#q=jerome%2C%20arizona&marker_lng=-112.11306&marker_lat=34.74889|work=GovTrack|publisher=Civic Impulse|access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

The town is patrolled by its own police department<ref>{{cite web|title=Police Department|url=http://www.jerome.az.gov/Police_Department.html|publisher=Town of Jerome|year=2017|access-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118164255/http://www.jerome.az.gov/Police_Department.html|archive-date=November 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is also served by the Eastern Area Command of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yavapai County Sheriff's Office: Area Command Map|url=http://www.ycsoaz.gov/about-ycso|publisher=Yavapai County|year=2017|access-date=May 6, 2017}}</ref> About two dozen men and women comprise Jerome's volunteer fire department, which serves an area of more than {{convert|500|mi2|km2}} including nearby rural and mountainous terrain as well as the town itself. Firefighting, emergency medical service, and wilderness rescues are its specialties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire Department|url=http://www.jerome.az.gov/Fire_Department.html|publisher=Town of Jerome|year=2017|access-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118164309/http://www.jerome.az.gov/Fire_Department.html|archive-date=November 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jerome is in the Verde Valley Precinct of the Yavapai County Justice Court system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yavapai County Justice Court Precincts|url=http://courts.yavapai.us/yavapai-county-justice-court-precincts|publisher=Yavapai County Government|access-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322211639/http://courts.yavapai.us/yavapai-county-justice-court-precincts/|archive-date=March 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Jerome was the third municipality in Arizona to recognize [[civil union]]s between same-sex partners, after [[Bisbee, Arizona|Bisbee]] and [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lineberger|first=Mark|url=https://journalaz.com/news/36-top-news/2066-jerome-oks-civil-unions.html|title=Jerome OKs Civil Unions|publisher=journalaz.com|date=September 16, 2013|access-date=July 27, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728041757/https://journalaz.com/news/36-top-news/2066-jerome-oks-civil-unions.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>