Editing Fayetteville, Georgia (section)

==Government==
The city has a mayor-council form of elected government. Five council members are elected [[at-large]], in non-partisan post, and the mayor is elected at-large in a non-partisan race.<ref name="joyner"/>

In 2015 Ed Johnson was elected mayor, the first African American to serve in the position. The retired US Naval Commander and pastor of Fayette County's oldest black church is described as a consensus builder. In 2011 Johnson was elected as the first black member of the city council after having served three terms as president of the local chapter of the [[NAACP]].<ref name="joyner">[http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/fayetteville-first-black-mayor-bridge-builder/Bndk1VDee9jSrgOkdBqe3J/ Tammy Joyner, "Fayetteville’s first black mayor is ‘bridge builder’"], ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution,'' 7 November 2015; accessed 13 December 2016</ref><ref name="pratt">[http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/16/black-mayors-georgia-towns.html Timothy Pratt, "New black mayors make a difference, one Georgia town at a time"], ''Al-jazeera'' (US), 16 February 2016; accessed 12 December 2016</ref>

Johnson was re-elected in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cunningham |first1=Carolyn |title=Fayetteville Mayor Ed Johnson wins top state award |url=https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/fayette/fayetteville-mayor-ed-johnson-wins-top-state-award/YTTA4UIJEFFOXE67AAE5IETFEY/#:~:text=A%20retired%20U.S.%20Navy%20commander,Church. |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=18 August 2022 |language=English}}</ref>