Editing Huntsville, Alabama (section)

==Government==
{{See also|List of mayors of Huntsville, Alabama}}
[[File:New Huntsville City Hall.jpg|thumb|upright|Huntsville City Hall]]

The current mayor of Huntsville is [[Tommy Battle]], who was first elected in 2008 and then re-elected in 2012, 2016, and 2020. The City Administrator is John Hamilton, who replaced Rex Reynolds on January 1, 2014, when Reynolds retired.<ref>{{cite web |last=Doyle |first=Steve |date=July 15, 2015 |title=Huntsville City Administrator Rex Reynolds to retire in January, will be replaced by former Redstone Garrison Commander John Hamilton (updated) |url=http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/07/huntsville_city_administrator.html |access-date=July 16, 2017 |website=AL.com}}</ref>

The city has a five-member (1 per district) City Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/government/city-council/|title=City Council|website=City of Huntsville|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> Council elections are staggered, meaning that Districts 2, 3, and 4 had elections in August 2018, while Districts 1 and 5 had elections simultaneously with mayoral elections in 2020. The city has boards and commissions which control most public services and development projects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boards & Commissions |url=https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/boards-commissions-appointments/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=City of Huntsville |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, the city announced that they would build a new $80 million city hall, planned to centralize all boards and committees in one building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gattis |first=Paul |date=September 23, 2021 |title=Work expected to begin soon on Huntsville's new $80 million city hall |url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/09/work-expected-to-begin-soon-on-huntsvilles-new-80-million-city-hall.html |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=AL.com |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2007, then Senator [[Barack Obama]] held the first fundraiser in Alabama for his presidential campaign in Huntsville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Ronnie |date=July 6, 2007 |title=U.S. Sen. Barack Obama will visit Huntsville Monday |url=https://www.al.com/breaking/2007/07/obama_will_be_in_huntsville_on.html |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=AL.com |language=en}}</ref>  In 2022, former Rep. [[Mo Brooks]] (R-5th Congressional District, AL) announced his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives to run for the Senate. In November, [[Dale Strong]] won the election to replace Mo Brooks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Dylan |date=June 21, 2022 |title=Dale Strong defeats Casey Wardynski, secures AL-5 GOP nod in dominant victory |url=https://yellowhammernews.com/dale-strong-defeats-casey-wardynski-secures-al-5-gop-nod-in-dominant-victory/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Yellowhammer News |language=en-US}}</ref>