Editing Rockville, Maryland (section)

==Government==
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|+ Presidential election results in Rockville<ref name="Dave's">{{cite web|title=Dave's Redistricting|url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a365ecbd-db5f-4c84-a77f-90310c6a6c1a|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228051204/https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a365ecbd-db5f-4c84-a77f-90310c6a6c1a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! style="text-align:center;" | Year
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! style="text-align:center;" | Others
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Maryland|2024]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''77.3%''' ''25,276''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.8% ''6,457''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% ''948''
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Maryland|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''79.5%''' ''26,115''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|18.0% ''5,899''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''828''
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Maryland|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.9%''' ''20,722''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.8% ''5,555''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% ''1,757''
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Rockville has a [[council-manager]] form of government.<ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ - Council-Manager Form of Government|publisher=City of Rockville|url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/faq.aspx|access-date=2015-12-23|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224103911/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/faq.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, Rockville voted in the 67th election for Mayor and Council with voters electing Monique Ashton as mayor. Six councilmembers were also elected: Kate Fulton, Adam Van Grack, Izola (Zola) Shaw, David Myles, Marissa Valeri, and Barry Jackson.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mayor & Council {{!}} Rockville, MD - Official Website |url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/424/Mayor-Council |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=www.rockvillemd.gov |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411022108/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/424/Mayor-Council |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mayor===
[[File:Rockville Mayor Monique Ashton (54499867408) (cropped).jpg|175px|thumb|Monique Ashton (pictured in 2025) has served as the mayor since 2023.]]
The current mayor of Rockville is Monique Ashton.<ref name=":0" />

Rockville was incorporated in 1860, but its early records were destroyed by Confederate soldiers in July 1864.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rockville Mayors, Montgomery County, Maryland |date= November 18, 2013 |work= Maryland State Archives |access-date= November 8, 2014 |url= http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html |archive-date= November 5, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141105181105/http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

Past mayors of Rockville include:
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|+Mayors of Rockville<ref name=MayorsList>{{cite web|title=Rockville Mayors, Montgomery County, Maryland|author=State of Maryland|publisher=Maryland State Archives|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=September 10, 2013|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163455/https://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/rockville/html/rmayors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Name
! style="text-align:center;" | Tenure
! style="text-align:center;" valign=bottom | Party
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[William V. Bouic]]<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1888-1890<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Daniel F. Owens<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1890<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| William V. Bouic<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1890-1891<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Hattersley W. Talbott<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1892-1893<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Jacob Poss<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1893-1894<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| John G. England<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1894-1896<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Joseph Reading<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1896-1898<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Spencer C. Jones<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1898-1901<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Hattersley W. Talbott<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1901-1906<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Lee Offutt<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1906-1916<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Willis Burdette<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1916-1918<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Lee Offutt<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1918-1920<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| O. M. Linthicum<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1920-1924<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Charles G. Holland<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1924-1926<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| J. Roger Spates<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1926-1932<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Douglas Blandford<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932-1946<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| G. LaMar Kelly<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1946-1952<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Daniel Weddle<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1952-1954<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Dickran Y. Hovsepian<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1954-1958<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Alexander J. Greene<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1958-1962<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Frank A. Ecker<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1962-1968<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Achilles M. Tuchtan<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1968-1972<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Matthew J. McCartin<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1972-1974<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| William E. Hanna, Jr.<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1974-1982<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| John R. Freeland<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1982-1984<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Viola D. Hovesepian<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1984-1985<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| Appointed mayor<ref name=MayorsList/>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Steven Van Grack<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1985-1987<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref>Kaiman, Beth. "Rockville Fund Raising Uneven". ''The Washington Post''. October 8, 1987. p. MDB12.</ref> 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Doug Duncan|Douglas M. Duncan]]<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1987-1993<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| James Coyle<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1993-1995<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Rose G. Krasnow<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 1995-2001<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Larry Giammo<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2001-2007<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref>Wagner, John; Craig, Tim. "Duncan Rebukes O'Malley Over Crime: Mayor Accused of Distorting Baltimore Statistics to Create a Rosier Picture". ''The Washington Post''. February 14, 2006. p. B1.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Susan R. Hoffmann<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2007-2009<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Phyllis R. Marcuccio<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009-2013<ref name=MayorsList/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 
| style="text-align:center;" |

|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Bridget Donnell Newton
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013–2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/1055/Mayor-Bridget-Donnell-Newton |title=About Mayor Donnell Newton |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090632/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/1055/Mayor-Bridget-Donnell-Newton |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
| <!--{{American politics/party colors/Democratic}}|&nbsp;-->
| Monique M. Ashton
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023–present<ref>{{Cite web |title=History-of-Governing-Bodies |url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16/History-of-Governing-Bodies?bidId= |access-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230071316/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16/History-of-Governing-Bodies?bidId= |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}

===Representative body===
[[File:Rockville City Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Rockville City Hall, 2010]]
Rockville was a four-member [[City Council]], whose members, along with the mayor, serve as the governing body of the city. In 2023, the City Council voted to expand the Council from four members to six, along with the mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bixby |first=Ginny |date=2023-02-08 |title=Rockville City Council votes to expand to seven members, hears arguments for expanding voting rights |url=http://moco360.media/2023/02/07/rockville-city-council-votes-to-expand-to-seven-members-hears-arguments-for-expanding-voting-rights/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=MoCo360 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230071315/https://moco360.media/2023/02/07/rockville-city-council-votes-to-expand-to-seven-members-hears-arguments-for-expanding-voting-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The six councilmembers are Kate Fulton, Adam Van Grack, Izola (Zola) Shaw, David Myles, Marissa Valeri, and Barry Jackson.

Rockville has 26 boards and commissions: Animal Matters Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Supervisors of Elections, Charter Review Commission, Community Policing Advisory Board, Compensation Commission, Cultural Arts Commission, Environment Commission, Ethics Commission, Financial Advisory Board, Historic District Commission, Human Rights Commission, Human Services Advisory Commission, Landlord-Tenant Affairs Commission, Personnel Appeals Board, Planning Commission, Recreation and Park Advisory Board, Retirement Board, Rockville Economic Development Inc. (REDI), Rockville Housing Enterprises, Rockville Recreation and Parks Foundation, Rockville Seniors Inc. (RSI), Rockville Sister City Corporation, Senior Citizens Commission, Sign Review Board, and Traffic and Transportation Commission. Boards and commissions allows members of the community to partner with city staff to shape Rockville's future by sharing expertise and advising the Mayor and Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boards and Commissions {{!}} Rockville, MD - Official Website|url=https://www.rockvillemd.gov/98/Boards-Commissions|access-date=2021-04-18|website=www.rockvillemd.gov|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418074454/https://www.rockvillemd.gov/98/Boards-Commissions|url-status=live}}</ref>