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===Government=== {{see also|List of mayors of Durham, North Carolina}} Durham operates under a [[council–manager government|council–manager form of government]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Government Guide |url=https://www.durhamnc.gov/1328/City-Government-Guide |access-date=2023-08-10 |publisher=City of Durham}}</ref> The city is led by a city council and a mayor. Council members are chosen in staggered elections to serve four year terms, while mayoral elections are held every two years.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2024/03/20/raleigh-city-council-considering-a-move-to-4-year-terms| title = Raleigh City Council considering a move to 4-year terms| last = Eanes| first = Zachary| date = March 20, 2024| website = Axios Raleigh| publisher = Axios Media| access-date = March 23, 2024}}</ref> The mayor presides over meetings of the city council and makes some committee appointments, while much of the regular management of the city's administration falls to the [[city manager]].<ref>{{cite news| last = Leonard| first = Ben| title = How Steve Schewel put muscle into Durham's "weak mayor" system| newspaper = 9th Street Journal| date = July 19, 2020| url = https://9thstreetjournal.org/2020/07/19/how-steve-schewel-put-muscle-into-durhams-weak-mayor-system/| access-date = August 9, 2023}}</ref> In November 2021, [[Elaine O'Neal (politician)|Elaine O'Neal]] was elected mayor of Durham, becoming the first [[African American|black]] female mayor in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abc11.com/durham-mayor-elaine-oneal-crime-elections/11192433/ |title=Durham elects Elaine O'Neal City's First Black Female Mayor |last=Brown|first=Joel |date=November 3, 2021 |publisher=ABC11 |access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref> The current mayor is [[Leonardo Williams]], who was elected in November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Mary Helen |date=December 5, 2023 |title=New leaders take office in Durham. Here's who's in charge now. |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article282683443.html |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=The News & Observer}}</ref> Federally, Durham is in [[North Carolina's 4th congressional district]], which is represented by Democrat [[Valerie Foushee]]. The new [[Durham County Justice Center]] was completed in early 2013.
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