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=== City Commission === Cambridge is governed by a mayor and a five-member city commission, who all serve four year terms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/cambridge/html/c.html|access-date=2021-12-14|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref> In 2008, [[Victoria Jackson-Stanley]] was elected mayor, the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Daily Record Staff|date=2020-08-11|title=Victoria Jackson-Stanley {{!}} Maryland Daily Record|url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2020/08/11/victoria-jackson-stanley/|access-date=2021-12-14|language=en-US}}</ref> She would serve three terms before losing to Andrew Bradshaw in a runoff election in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title="It's just an exciting time" - Andrew Bradshaw elected mayor of Cambridge in runoff election|url=https://www.wmdt.com/2020/12/its-just-an-exciting-time-andrew-bradshaw-elected-mayor-of-cambridge-in-runoff-election/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=47abc|language=en-US}}</ref> Andrew Bradshaw was sworn in as the city's youngest mayor on January 4, 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-04|title=Cambridge's Mayor Andrew Bradshaw sworn in, discusses priorities|url=https://www.wmdt.com/2021/01/cambridges-mayor-andrew-bradshaw-sworn-in-discusses-priorities/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=47abc|language=en-US}}</ref> but was arrested on November 15 and charged with fifty counts of distributing revenge porn, allegedly posting explicit photos and captions to Reddit in April and May 2021, some which also included racial slurs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-15|title=Cambridge mayor behind bars after allegedly posting revenge porn to Reddit dozens of times|url=https://www.wmdt.com/2021/11/cambridge-mayor-behind-bars-after-allegedly-posting-revenge-porn-to-reddit-dozens-of-times/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=47abc|language=en-US}}</ref> City Council President Lajan Cephas assumed the responsibilities of mayor following his arrest.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Spy & WHCP Community Radio|date=13 December 2021|title=Cambridge Check in: Council President Lajan Cephas on Mayor Bradshaw's Status|work=Talbot Spy|url=https://talbotspy.org/cambridge-check-in-council-president-lajan-cephas-on-mayor-bradshaws-status/|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> On December 13, city commissioners unanimously voted to recommend that the city attorney remove Bradshaw from office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cambridge City Commission votes to remove Mayor Bradshaw: City attorney will begin proceedings|url=https://baytobaynews.com/stories/cambridge-city-commission-votes-to-remove-mayor-bradshaw,66157|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Bay to Bay News|language=en}}</ref> A special election to elect a new mayor was held on August 23, 2022. No candidate received the majority of the vote, forcing a runoff between the top two candidates on September 20, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flaks |first1=Rob |title=Cambridge Mayor race heads to runoff between State Senator Addie Eckardt and former Commissioner Stephen Rideout |url=https://www.wmdt.com/2022/08/cambridge-mayor-race-heads-to-runoff-between-state-senator-addie-eckardt-and-former-commissioner-stephen-rideout/ |access-date=September 21, 2022 |work=[[WMDT]] |date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> Former Cambridge commissioner Stephen Rideout won the runoff election with 55 percent of the vote and now is mayor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Sen. Eckardt loses comeback bid in Cambridge mayoral election |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/09/21/sen-eckardt-loses-comeback-bid-in-cambridge-mayoral-election/ |access-date=September 21, 2022 |work=[[Maryland Matters]] |date=September 21, 2022}}</ref> ==== List of mayors (1896-present) ==== * 1896-1900 James G. James * 1900-1904 Robert G. Henry * 1904-1908 Clement G. Rogers * 1908-1910 Zebedee Andrews * 1910-1912 George M. Phillips * 1912-1916 Clement G. Rogers * 1916-1932 Earl W. Orem * 1932-1940 Charles E. Brohawn * 1940-1944 Irving B. Jackson * 1944-1948 Dorsey E. Davis * 1948-1952 Julian L. Tubman * 1952-1960 Russell P. Smith, Jr. * 1960-1964 Calvin W. Mowbray * 1964-1976 Osvrey C. Pritchett * 1976-1980 Albert B. Atkinson * 1980-1992 C. Lloyd Robbins * 1992-2000 David J. Wooten, Jr. * 2000-2008 Cleveland L. Rippons * 2008-2020 [[Victoria Jackson-Stanley]] * 2020-2022 Andrew T. Bradshaw * 2022โ2025 Stephen Rideout * 2025โPresent Lajan Cephas <ref>{{Cite web|title=Cambridge Mayors, Dorchester County, Maryland|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/cambridge/html/cmayors.html|access-date=2025-03-30|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>
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