Editing Cleveland, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Cleveland, Tennessee}}
The city of Cleveland operates under a [[council-manager government|council/manager]] form of government with an elected [[mayor]] and seven [[city council|council]] members. Five are elected from [[single-member district]]s, and two are elected [[at-large]], as is the mayor.<ref name=coc1>{{cite web|url=https://clevelandtn.gov/index.aspx?nid=122|title=Mayor & City Council|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2017|website=clevelandtn.gov|publisher=Cleveland Chamber of Commerce|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> The city council chooses a fellow council member to serve as [[vice mayor]].<ref name=coc1/> The city council hires a professional [[city manager]] to carry out daily operations. The mayor is [[Kevin Brooks (politician)|Kevin Brooks]], who has held that position since September 2018, and the vice mayor is at-large councilman Avery Johnson.<ref name="Siniard"/> The city manager is Joe Fivas, who has held that position since June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 16, 2016|title=Cleveland Chooses Joe Fivas As New City Manager|url=https://www.chattanoogan.com/2016/6/16/326258/Cleveland-Chooses-Joe-Fivas-As-New-City.aspx|work=Chattanoogan|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> Elections are nonpartisan and take place in August of every even year, along with the state primary.

{| class="wikitable"
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! District<ref name=coc1/> !! Councilman<ref name=coc1/> 
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| District 1 || Marsha McKenzie
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| District 2 || Bill Estes 
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| District 3 || Tom Cassada
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| District 4 || David May, Jr. 
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| District 5 || Dale R. Hughes
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| At-large 1 || Avery L. Johnson (vice mayor)
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| At-large 2 || Ken Webb
|}

Most of Cleveland is in the [[Tennessee's 4th congressional district|4th congressional district of Tennessee]] for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Scott DesJarlais]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://desjarlais.house.gov/|title=Congressman Scott DesJarlais|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> A small amount of the city, including [[East Cleveland, Tennessee|East Cleveland]] and northeast Cleveland, are in the [[Tennessee's 3rd congressional district|3rd congressional district]], represented by Republican [[Chuck Fleischmann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fleischmann.house.gov/|title=Congressman Chuck Fleischmann|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> Most of Cleveland is part of District 24 of the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], represented by [[Mark Hall (politician)|Mark Hall]].<ref>{{cite map |author= Tennessee General Assembly|author-link= Tennessee General Assembly|title=State House District 24|url=https://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist24.pdf|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher= [[Tennessee General Assembly]] |year=2017|access-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref> A small part of the city is in District 22, represented by Republican [[Dan Howell (politician)|Dan Howell]].<ref>{{cite map |author=Tennessee General Assembly|author-link=Tennessee General Assembly|title=State House District 22|url=https://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist22.pdf|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher=[[Tennessee General Assembly]]|year=2017|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> Most of Cleveland is part of [[Tennessee's 9th Senate district|District 9]] for the [[Tennessee Senate]], represented by Republican [[Mike Bell (politician)|Mike Bell]].<ref name=dist9>{{cite map |author= Tennessee General Assembly|author-link= Tennessee General Assembly|title=State Senate District 9|url=https://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/Sen0912.pdf|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher= [[Tennessee General Assembly]] |year=2017|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> A small portion of the city is in [[Tennessee's 10th Senate district|District 10]], represented by Republican [[Todd Gardenhire]].<ref>{{cite map |author= Tennessee General Assembly|author-link= Tennessee General Assembly|title=State Senate District 10|url=https://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/Sen1012.pdf|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher= [[Tennessee General Assembly]] |year=2017|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>

Cleveland and Bradley County have historically been majority-Republican since the Civil War, as has most of [[East Tennessee]]. Through much of the 20th century, Middle and West Tennessee were majority Democrat, which Democrats were made up of conservative whites. As a whole, Tennessee was considered part of the [[Solid South]]. Both areas had been slave societies, and West Tennessee was dominated by large cotton plantations, whereas East Tennessee was based in yeoman farmers and little slaveholding. Since the Republican Party's founding, only two Democratic presidential candidates have won Bradley County; Southerner [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[1912 United States Presidential Election|1912]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in [[1936 United States Presidential Election|1936]], during the [[Great Depression]].{{sfn|Lillard|1980|p=24}}