Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

===Switch to ward representation===

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! Springfield City Councilors 2024-2025<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmasspi.com/2014/01/council-makes-history-president-fenton-promises-busy-year.html |title=Council Makes History, President Fenton Promises Busy Year ...—Western Mass Politics & Insight |website=Wmasspi.com |date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2017 |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621091326/http://www.wmasspi.com/2014/01/council-makes-history-president-fenton-promises-busy-year.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://springfieldcityma.iqm2.com/Citizens/Board/1001-City-Council|title=Accela Meeting Portal|website=springfieldcityma.iqm2.com|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710002402/http://springfieldcityma.iqm2.com/Citizens/Board/1001-City-Council|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmasspi.com/2018/09/in-springfield-a-whitfield-of-dreams-comes-true-mid-term.html|title=In Springfield, a Whitfield of Dreams Comes True Mid-term ...|date=September 25, 2018|website=Western Mass Politics & Insight|language=en-US|others=Whitfield joined in mid-2018 after resignation of Thomas Ashe.|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514152945/https://www.wmasspi.com/2018/09/in-springfield-a-whitfield-of-dreams-comes-true-mid-term.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmasspi.com/2021/03/springfield-council-explores-strange-new-duty-boldly-chooses-a-gomez-for-ward-1.html|title=Springfield Council Explores Strange New Duty, Boldly Chooses a Gomez for Ward 1…|date=March 9, 2021|website=Western Mass Politics & Insight|language=en-US|others=Gumersindo Gomez filled the seat his son [[Adam Gomez]] vacated after the latter joined the State Senate.|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309063851/https://www.wmasspi.com/2021/03/springfield-council-explores-strange-new-duty-boldly-chooses-a-gomez-for-ward-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* Michael A. Fenton: Ward 2 (President)
* Melvin Edwards: Ward 3 (Vice President)
* Sean Curran: At-Large
* Kateri Walsh: At-Large 
* Jose M. Delgado: At-Large 
* Brian Santaniello: At-Large
* Tracye Whitfield: At-Large  
* Maria Perez: Ward 1
* Malo Brown: Ward 4
* Lavar Click-Bruce: Ward 5 
* Victor Davila: Ward 6
* Tim Allen: Ward 7
* Zaida Govan: Ward 8
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In the past, efforts have been made to provide each of the city's eight wards a seat in the city council, instead of the current at-large format. There would still be some at-large seats under this format. The primary argument for this has been that City Councilors live in only four of the city's wards. An initiative to change the composition failed to pass the City Council twice. In 2007 Mayor Charles V. Ryan and City Councilor Jose Tosado proposed a home-rule amendment that would expand the council to thirteen members adding four seats to the existing nine member at large system, but allocated between eight ward and five at large seats. This home-rule petition was adopted by the City Council 8–1, and was later passed by the State Senate and House and signed by the Governor. On election day, November 6, 2007, city residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the City Council and School Committee. The ballot initiative that established a new council with five at-large seats and eight ward seats passed 3–1. On November 3, 2009, Springfield held its first ward elections in 50 years.