Editing Juneau, Alaska (section)

==Government and politics==
{{Further|List of mayors of Juneau, Alaska}}
[[File:City Hall, Juneau, Alaska.jpg|thumb|Juneau City Hall]]
The City and Borough of Juneau operates under a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government. The mayor is the titular head of the city, the presiding officer (or chair) of the [[Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska|Juneau Assembly]] (council), and is one of three members of the body which is elected [[at-large]], or areawide. The other six members are elected by [[single-member district]]s: as of the last redistricting by the Assembly in 2003 there are two districts:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juneau.org/clerk/elections/documents/Ord_2003-15_amended_assembly_districts_2012_000.pdf |title=CBJ Assembly Districts |date=June 30, 2012 |work=juneau.org |publisher=Office of the City and Borough of Juneau Clerk |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831055407/http://www.juneau.org/clerk/elections/documents/Ord_2003-15_amended_assembly_districts_2012_000.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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* District 1 precincts
** [[Douglas, Alaska|Douglas]]
** Juneau No. 1
** Juneau No. 2
** Juneau No. 3
** [[Juneau International Airport|Juneau Airport]]
** [[Lemon Creek, Alaska|Lemon Creek]]
** [[Douglas Island|North Douglas]]
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* District 2 precincts
** [[Auke Bay, Alaska|Auke Bay]]
** [[Out the road|Lynn Canal]]
** [[Mendenhall Valley]] No. 1
** Mendenhall Valley No. 2
** Mendenhall Valley No. 3
** Mendenhall Valley No. 4
|} A city manager handles daily affairs and a city attorney is responsible for working with legal matters.

The districts are nearly aligned with the boundaries of the 31st and 32nd election districts which were established by the state. Mainly the difference is that the 32nd District includes communities outside the CBJ: [[Gustavus, Alaska|Gustavus]], [[Kupreanof, Alaska|Kupreanof]], [[Petersburg, Alaska|Petersburg]], [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]] and [[Tenakee Springs, Alaska|Tenakee Springs]]. The Juneau Airport precinct is in the 31st district, which is otherwise identical to the 2nd Assembly District.

Juneau was split into two state house districts by the state during [[redistricting]] in the early 1990. The districts comprising downtown Juneau, Douglas Island and surrounding areas have exclusively elected [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] to the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] and the districts comprising Mendenhall Valley and surrounding areas have mostly elected [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. The 31st District is represented in the House by [[Andi Story]], a Democrat who has been in office since 2018. The 32nd District is represented by Democrat [[Sara Hannan]]. The two election districts form [[Alaska Senate]] District Q and the seat is held by Democrat [[Jesse Kiehl]]. The last Republican to represent Juneau in the state Senate was [[Elton Engstrom Jr.]], the father of [[Cathy Muñoz]]. He left office at the end of his term in early 1971, after failing to be re-elected in 1970.

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Juneau is one of the most Democratic boroughs in Alaska. The borough has voted Democratic in the U.S. presidential election in every election (except for one) since 1988.

While more state jobs are based in Anchorage than in Juneau, the state government still maintains a substantial presence in Juneau. A number of executive branch departments, as well as the legislature, are based in Juneau. In response to repeated pressure from [[Southcentral Alaska]] to move either the capital or the legislature, the legislature acquired and renovated several buildings in the vicinity of the [[Alaska State Capitol]], which hold committee meeting rooms and administrative offices for the [[Alaska Legislative Council|Legislative Affairs Agency]]. The buildings were named for former legislators [[Terry Miller (politician)|Terry Miller]] and Thomas B. Stewart. Stewart, a Juneau native and son of early Juneau mayor Benjamin D. Stewart, represented Juneau in the Senate during the [[1st Alaska State Legislature]]. He later served in Juneau's [[Alaska Superior Court]] judgeship and was noted as an authority on the territory and early statehood eras of [[History of Alaska|Alaska's history]].

A nine-story federal government building in Juneau near the mouth of [[Gold Creek (Juneau, Alaska)|Gold Creek]] and a short distance east of the [[Juneau-Douglas Bridge]], houses many federal agencies, the [[United States District Court for the District of Alaska]], and Juneau's main [[United States Postal Service|post office]]. It is in the area known as "The Flats". The building was designed by [[Linn A. Forrest]] and built in 1966.