Editing Cleveland Heights, Ohio (section)

==Government==
Cleveland Heights is governed by a [[Municipal charter|city charter]] adopted in 1921 and amended in 1972, 1982, 1986 and 2019. Until 2019, the Cleveland Heights city charter specified a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government, with seven members of council elected to four-year terms. On November 5, 2019, Cleveland Heights voters approved an amendment to the city's charter to become a [[Mayor–council government#Strong-mayor government form|strong Mayor-Council]] form of government with the Mayor serving as the city's chief executive. Under the amended Charter, in November 2021, Cleveland Heights voters cast ballots for Mayor for the first time. [[Kahlil Seren]] was elected to be Cleveland Heights' first directly elected mayor, and was sworn in on January 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandheights.com/27/Government|title = Government}}</ref>

The current city council is composed of Vice President Craig Cobb, President Melody Joy Hart, Davida Russell, Tony Cuda,  [[Janine Boyd]], Anthony Mattox, Jr., and Gail Larson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandheights.com/524/City-Council|title=City Council|website=City of Cleveland Heights}}</ref>

Cleveland Heights is reliably [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]. Six of the seven current members of council are Democrats.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} In the [[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]], [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[John McCain]] 84.2%-15.0% while winning the state, while in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]], [[John Kerry]] defeated [[George W. Bush]] 80.8%-18.8% in the city but was unable to win the state. In 2012, every precinct in the city was carried by Barack Obama. Even in 2016 and 2020, as Ohio as a whole became more Republican, Cleveland Heights voted strongly Democratic; [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated [[Donald Trump]] 83.9%-11.4%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/elections/GetElectionById/194/ | title=Elections }}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]] defeated Donald Trump 85.1%-13.1%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/elections/GetElectionById/229/ | title=Elections }}</ref>

Cleveland Heights is in [[Ohio's 11th congressional district]], which is represented by [[Shontel Brown|Congresswoman Shontel Brown]]. Ohio's 11th congressional district was formerly represented by [[U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] [[Marcia Fudge]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=Sylvan |title=Senate confirms Fudge as Housing secretary |url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542544-senate-confirms-fudge-as-housing-secretary |access-date=31 March 2021 |work=The Hill |date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2003, Cleveland Heights voters approved a referendum to establish Ohio's first domestic partnership registry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandheights.com/280/Domestic-Partner-Registration|title=Domestic Partner Registration &#124; Cleveland Heights, OH|website=www.clevelandheights.com}}</ref>