Editing Grants Pass, Oregon (section)

==Government and politics==
The city council has 8 members as of 2019, representing 4 wards and are elected to 4 year terms by the city. The city council and mayor are not paid, and they volunteer their time. The council oversees the city government and chooses the city manager. The mayor's job is to provide leadership and preside over city council meetings. The Mayor can also issue vetoes and make a tiebreaker vote. 
Grants Pass is conservative leaning and represented in the United States House of Representatives by Congressman [[Cliff Bentz]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ontario, Oregon|Ontario]]). At the state level of politics, Grants Pass is represented in the Oregon Senate by [[Art Robinson]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Cave Junction]]) who holds [[Oregon's 2nd Senate district]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate/Pages/SenatorsDistrict.aspx |title=Oregon State Senators by District |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010546/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate/Pages/SenatorsDistrict.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and represented in the Oregon House of Representatives by [[Lily Morgan (politician)|Lily Morgan]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Grants Pass]]) holding [[Oregon's 3rd House district]]<ref name="oregonlegislature.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house/Pages/RepresentativesAll.aspx |title=House State Representatives |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223151902/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house/Pages/RepresentativesAll.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Christine Goodwin (politician)|Christine Goodwin]] ([[Republican Party (Oregon)|R]]-[[Grants Pass]]) holding [[Oregon's 4th House district]].<ref name="oregonlegislature.gov"/>