Editing Lawrence, Massachusetts (section)

== Government ==
Lawrence is one of Essex County's two county seats, along with Salem. As such, it is home to a juvenile, district and superior court, as well as a regional office of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

===Local===
{{See also|List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts}}
Lawrence has a "strong mayor", which is one directly elected by the voters to be the city's executive.  The city council is elected partly at large and partly from districts or wards of the city.  Party primaries are prohibited.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/43-1.htm |title= Chapter 43- City Charters|work=The General Laws of Massachusetts- Chapter 43, Section 1 |publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=2010-06-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflawrence.com/Pages/LawrenceMA_Webdocs/formofgov |title=Form of Government |publisher=City of Lawrence, Massachusetts |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720092703/http://www.cityoflawrence.com/Pages/LawrenceMA_Webdocs/formofgov |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }}</ref>  Lawrence has an established City Charter<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Lawrence Charter |work=City Website |publisher=City of Lawrence, Massachusetts |url=http://www.cityoflawrence.com/Pages/LawrenceMA_WebDocs/Charter.pdf |access-date=4 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326102738/http://www.cityoflawrence.com/Pages/LawrenceMA_WebDocs/Charter.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009 }}</ref> and a [[mayor-council government]]. There are nine city councilors and six school committee members; most are elected by district; three city council members are elected at large. There are six districts in Lawrence and all elections are [[non-partisan]]. The Mayor serves as the seventh member and chair of the school committee. The city council chooses one of its members as president who serves as chair of the council. The city of Lawrence also elects three members to the Greater Lawrence Technical School Committee these members are elected at-large. City Council and Mayoral terms of office begin in January.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The current mayor is Brian A. De Peña.<ref>{{cite web | title = Office of The Mayor | publisher = City of Lawrence | url = https://www.cityoflawrence.com/27/Office-of-The-Mayor | accessdate = January 7, 2022}}</ref>  The current members of the City Council are:<ref>{{cite web | title = City Council | publisher = City of Lawrence | url = https://www.cityoflawrence.com/101/City-Council | accessdate = Dec 28, 2023 }}</ref>
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* Marc LaPlante, President (District F)
* Estela Reyes, Vice-President (District B)
* Richard Russell, Councilor at large
* Celina Reyes, Councilor at large
* Ana Levy, Councilor at large
* Maria De La Cruz, District A
* Gregory Delrosario, District C
* Jeovanny A. Rodriguez, District D
* Stephany Infante, District E
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The Lawrence School Committee has six elected district members in which the Mayor serves as the appointed seventh member and chair of the school committee.
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* Brian A DePeña, Chair (Mayor)
* [http://www.electguzman.org Jonathan Guzmán], Vice-Chair (Committeeman of District F)
* Threicy Soto, Committeewoman of District A
* Santiago Reyes-Cruz, Committeeman of District B
* Lenin Roa, Committeeman of District C 
* Joshua Alba, Committeeman of District D
* Patricia Mariano, Committeewoman of District E
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===State government===
*[[Estela Reyes]], (D-[[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Essex district|4th Essex district]])
*[https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/FEP1 Francisco E. Paulino], (D-[[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Essex district|16th Essex district]])
*[[Frank A. Moran]], (D-[[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Essex district|17th Essex district]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= August 23, 2020 |work=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918085600/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |archive-date= Sep 18, 2020 }}</ref>
*[[Pavel Payano]], (D-[[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex district|1st Essex district]])
*Eileen Duff (D), [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Councilor]]

===Federal government===
*[[Lori Trahan]], (D-[[United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts District 3]])
*[[Elizabeth Warren]] (D), [[Ed Markey]] (D), [[United States Senate]]