Editing Northampton, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
Gina-Louise Sciarra is the mayor of Northampton.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northamptonma.gov/720/Mayors-Office |title=Mayor's Office |publisher=Northamptonma.gov |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> Previous mayors have included future President of the United States [[Calvin Coolidge]] (1910–1911) and James "Big Jim" Cahillane, who served from 1954 to 1960. Well-known Judge Sean M. Dunphy was the youngest elected mayor in its history, at age 28.

The city also has a nine-member city council, composed of seven ward representatives and two at-large members. Councilors are elected to two-year terms and the council meets twice monthly for 10 months out of the year. The three other elected city-wide bodies are the School Committee, the Trustees of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School and the Trustees of Forbes Library.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northamptonma.gov/755/Elections |title=Elections Information |publisher=Northamptonma.gov |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

Northampton is represented in the 1st Hampshire District of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] by Democrat Lindsay Sabadosa,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/L_S1 |title=Representative Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Democrat - 1st Hampshire |publisher=Mass.gov |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref> in the Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] by Democrat Jo Comerford,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/JMC0/District |title=Senator Joanne M. Comerford, Democrat - Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester |publisher=Mass.gov |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref> and on the Eighth [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] District by Democrat Tara Jacobs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/councillors  |title=Councillors |publisher=Mass.gov |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of August 24, 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of August 24, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Elections Division |access-date=May 8, 2010 |url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/st_county_town_enroll_breakdown_08.pdf}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 10,459
| style="text-align:center;"| 45.29%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 596
| style="text-align:center;"| 2.58%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 11,798
| style="text-align:center;"| 51.09%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 54
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.23%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 23,090
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}