Editing Middletown, Rhode Island (section)

==Government==
[[File:Seal of Middletown RI at Paradise Valley Park.jpg|thumb|right|The town seal depicts historic [[Boyd's Windmill]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howard |first1=Samuel Gifford |title=Friday Flagging: Middletown |url=https://riliberator.com/2020/07/03/friday-flagging-middletown/ |website=Rhode Island Liberator |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415050112/https://riliberator.com/2020/07/03/friday-flagging-middletown/ |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |date=July 3, 2020 |quote=the town uses the eight-vaned windmill of Boyd’s Mill as its primary symbol}}</ref>]]
The town is governed by a seven-member [[Town Council]], elected [[at-large]] in non-partisan elections. Executive authority is vested in an appointed [[town administrator]] (on the [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] model). The town also elects a non-partisan [[School Committee]].

Middletown forms part of {{ushr|RI|1}}, represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Gabe Amo]]. At the state level, Middletown is part of one state senate and three state house districts. The 12th [[Rhode Island Senate]] district, which also includes parts of Newport, [[Little Compton, Rhode Island|Little Compton]] and [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]], is held by Democrat [[Louis P. DiPalma]]. In the [[Rhode Island House of Representatives]], Middletown forms part of the 72nd, 73rd, and 74th districts. The 72nd, which also includes a portion of Portsmouth, is represented by Democrat [[Terri-Denise Cortvriend|Terri Cortvriend]]. The 73rd, which is predominantly Newport, is held by Democrat Marvin Abney. The 74th, shared between Middletown and [[Jamestown, Rhode Island|Jamestown]], is represented by Democrat [[Alex Finkelman]].