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===City Council=== As of 2025, Antioch's City Council consists of:<ref name=mayor>{{Cite web | url = http://www.ci.antioch.ca.us/CityGov/CityCouncil.htm | title = City Council | publisher = City of Antioch | access-date = January 9, 2015}}</ref> * [[Mayor]] (at-large) Ron Bernal * District 1: Tamisha Torres-Walker * District 2: Louie Rocha (Mayor [[pro tempore]]) * District 3: Don Freitas * District 4: Monica E. Wilson The following people have been elected Mayor of Antioch since the city's incorporation:<ref name=formermayors>{{Cite web | url = https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/antioch.html | title = The Political Graveyard: Antioch, California | publisher = Lawrence Kestenbaum | access-date = July 1, 2023}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" | | '''James Donlon''' ||align=right| 1920β1938 |- | | '''William "Bill" R. Beasley Jr.''' ||align=right| 1950β1954 |- | | '''Ruben R. Reimche''' ||align=right| 1955β1958 |- | | '''Jack C. Smith''' ||align=right| 1959β1960 |- | | '''Pete Lopez''' ||align=right| 1967β1968 |- | | '''Louise Giersch''' ||align=right| 1970β1971 |- | | '''Nick Rodriguez Jr.''' ||align=right| 1971β1972 |- | | '''Barney Parsons''' ||align=right| 1973β1974 |- | | '''Fred Kline''' ||align=right| 1974β1975 |- | | '''Louise Giersch''' ||align=right| 1975 |- | | '''Verne Roberts''' ||align=right| 1976β1978 |- | | '''Joel Keller''' ||align=right| 1984β1994 |- | | '''Len Herendeen''' ||align=right| 1995β1996 |- | | '''Mary Helen Rocha''' ||align=right| 1996β2000 |- | | '''Don P. Freitas''' ||align=right| 2000β2008 |- | | '''James D. Davis''' ||align=right| 2008β2012 |- | [[File:Mayor Wade Harper with mural.jpg|75px]] | '''[[Wade Harper]]''' ||align=right| 2012β2016 |- | [[File:Sean Wright, mayor of Antioch.jpg|75px]] | '''Sean Wright''' ||align=right| 2016β2020 |- | [[File:Lamar Thorpe, mayor of Antioch.jpg|75px]] |'''Lamar Thorpe''' ||align=right| 2020β2024 |- | [[File:Mayor Ron Bernal.png|Ron Bernal, Mayor of Antioch|75px]] |'''Ron Bernal''' ||align=right| 2025βpresent |- |} Antioch maintains a [[councilβmanager]] form of government with a Mayor elected at-large, who serves as chair of the council and is elected in years divisible by four, and four Councilmembers elected in [[electoral district|district]] elections. Districts 1 and 4 elect their Councilmembers in years divisible by four, while districts 2 and 3 elect their Councilmembers in even-numbered years not divisible by four.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/10/22/12-candidates-vie-for-four-seats-on-antioch-city-council/|title=12 candidates vie for four seats on Antioch City Council|date=October 22, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|publisher=East Bay Times}}</ref> Antioch historically elected its Councilmembers in [[at-large]] elections, but in response to threats of a lawsuit alleging violations of state law and underrepresentation of [[people of color]], the Antioch City Council voted to switch to district elections in 2018, holding the first such elections in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/24/antioch-joins-cities-moving-away-from-at-large-elections-amid-threats-of-lawsuits/|title=Antioch joins cities moving away from at-large elections amid threats of lawsuits|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=December 11, 2020|publisher=East Bay Times}}</ref>
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