Editing Mobile County, Alabama (section)

==Government==
[[File:Wallace Tunnel Mobile Alabama.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Interstate 10]] entering the Wallace Tunnel in [[Mobile, Alabama]].]]

===Local===
Mobile County has a limited form of [[home rule]] and is governed by a three-member county commission. Each commissioner represents a [[single-member district]] and is elected by the voters of that district to serve a four-year term. Each commissioner has an equal vote on the commission. During an elected term, each commissioner serves as President of the Mobile County Commission for 16 months, beginning with the District 1 Commissioner.

As of November 2020, Mobile County Commissioners are:
*District 1 (northern County) – Merceria L. Ludgood (D) 
*District 2 (western and central County) – Connie Hudson (R)
*District 3 (southern County) – Randall Dueitt (R)

===State===
Under the state constitution, the legislature maintains considerable power over county affairs.

Mobile County is represented in the [[Alabama Legislature]] by three [[Alabama Senate|senators]] and nine [[Alabama House of Representatives|representatives]]. It is represented in the [[Alabama Senate]] by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Vivian Davis Figures]] from the 33rd District, by [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jack W. Williams (politician)|Jack W. Williams]] from the 34th District, and by Republican [[David Sessions]] from the 35th District.<ref name="alasenate">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senateroster_alpha.html
 |title       = Roster of the Alabama State Senate
 |work        = Official Website of the Alabama Legislature
 |access-date  = July 5, 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130629033953/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senateroster_alpha.html
 |archive-date = June 29, 2013
}}</ref>  The county is represented in the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] by Democrat [[Adline Clarke]] from the 97th District, Democrat [[Napoleon Bracy]] from the 98th District, Democrat [[Sam Jones (Alabama politician)|Sam Jones]] from the 99th District, Republican [[Mark Shirey]] from the 100th District, Republican [[Chris Pringle]] from the 101st District, Republican [[Shane Stringer]] from the 102nd District, Democrat [[Barbara Drummond]] from the 103rd District, Republican [[Margie Wilcox]] from the 104th District, and Republican [[Chip Brown]] from the 105th District.<ref name="alarepresent">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/representatives/houseroster_alpha.html
 |title       = Roster of the Alabama House of Representatives
 |work        = Official Website Of The Alabama Legislature
 |access-date  = July 5, 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621032426/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/representatives/houseroster_alpha.html
 |archive-date = June 21, 2013
}}</ref>