Editing Lancaster, Texas (section)

== Government ==
=== Local government ===
The City of Lancaster is a home-rule city with a [[council–manager government]]. Under this type of local government, the day-to-day management of the city is directed by a [[city manager]], who is appointed by the city council and serves as chief administrative officer for the city. Opal Mauldin Robertson is the current city manager of Lancaster.

The seven-member city council consists of the mayor, who represents the city as a whole and is elected at-large, and six members elected in single-member districts. The current electoral system was implemented in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Storm Warning|newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]]|date=2 May 1996|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1996-05-02/news/storm-warning/ |access-date=17 February 2014 | first=Denise | last=Mcvea}}</ref> The mayor and city council members serve staggered three-year terms.<ref>[http://www.lancaster-tx.com/documentcenter/view/489 Lancaster City Charter] - City of Lancaster, Texas. Retrieved 22 May 2008.</ref> Clyde C. Hairston is the current mayor of Lancaster.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District
! Council member
|-
| 1
| Carol Strain-Burk
|-
| 2
| Stanley Jaglowski
|-
| 3
| Marco Mejia
|-
| 4
| Derrick D. Robinson
|-
| 5
| Mitchell Cheatham, Mayor Pro Tem
|-
| 6
| Betty Gooden-Davis, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem
|}

Lancaster is a voluntary member of the [[North Central Texas Council of Governments]], the purpose of which is to co-ordinate individual and collective local governments and facilitate regional solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.

=== State and national representation ===
Lancaster is located in [[Texas's 30th congressional district|Texas' 30th congressional district]] of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and is represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Jasmine Crockett]]. In the [[Texas Legislature]], Lancaster is in [[Texas Senate, District 23|District 23]] of the [[Texas Senate]], represented by Democrat [[Royce West]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/Members.htm |title=The Texas State Senate: Current Members of the Texas Senate |publisher=[[Texas Senate]]|access-date=2014-02-17}}</ref> In the [[Texas House of Representatives]], the city is part of [[Texas House of Representatives, District 109|District 109]], which is represented by Democrat [[Carl Sherman (Texas politician)|Carl Sherman, Sr]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Members/MemberInfo.aspx?Leg=86&Chamber=H&Code=A3675 |title=Texas Legislature Online &ndash; Information for Rep. Carl Sherman, Sr. |publisher=Texas Legislature Online |access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>