Editing Bellevue, Washington (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:BellevueCityHall01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bellevue City Hall]], opened in 2006]]

Bellevue has a [[council-manager]] form of government with seven non-partisan council members elected at large for staggered four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mrsc.org/cityprofiles/cityprofile.aspx?id=12 | title = Washington City and Town Profiles | website = MRSC.org | access-date = January 26, 2016}}</ref> The City Council selects a Mayor from among its members (not by popular vote), who serves as council chair for two years but has no veto power. {{As of|2024}}, the mayor is Lynne Robinson and the deputy mayor is Mo Malakoutian.<ref>{{cite press release |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Council Roundup: Robinson elected to third term as mayor |url=https://bellevuewa.gov/city-news/council-roundup-1-2-24 |publisher=City of Bellevue |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref> The mayor administrates council meetings, helps set the issues on the council's meeting agendas, and serves as the city's most visible spokesperson. Operational authority is held by the [[city manager]], who administers the city's day-to-day activities. The city manager is also elected by the seven members of the council instead of by popular vote.

Politically, the city leans strongly Democratic,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} much like the Seattle/King County area as a whole.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Of the 61,742 residents who cast ballots in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], 66.11% voted for [[Hillary Clinton]], compared to 24.58% for [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://data.kingcounty.gov/Election-results/2016-General-Election-Results-by-precinct-complete/b27z-cdmk/data | title = 2016 General – Election Results by precinct (complete eCanvass dataset) {{!}} King County {{!}} Open Data|work=King County|access-date=March 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2024|reason=The given reference does not contain this specific statistic}}