Editing Springfield (The Simpsons) (section)

===Politics===
The fictional mayor of Springfield is [[Joe Quimby]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. In the episode "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]", [[Sideshow Bob]] runs for mayor as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and defeats Quimby, but Bob is later discovered to have committed [[electoral fraud]].

[[Krusty the Clown]] represents Springfield in Congress as a Republican. Previous representatives include Horace Wilcox, who dies of a heart attack while in office in "[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]", and Bob Arnold, who is forced to resign after Lisa exposes his corruption in "[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]".

[[Mary Bailey (The Simpsons)|Mary Bailey]] is the fictional governor of Springfield's state.<ref name="blinky" />