Editing Pacific, Washington (section)

==Government==
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.14% ''1,334''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.85%''' ''1,470''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.01% ''87''
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The city has a mayor, city council and police department.<ref>{{cite news |last=Skager |first=Shawn |date=May 30, 2012 |title=Pacific ousts police chief |url=https://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/pacific-ousts-police-chief/ |work=Auburn Reporter |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> In 2013, mayor Cy Sun was [[recall election|recalled]] by voters and replaced by a city councilmember following his firing of most of the government's department heads.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krell |first=Alexis |date=July 29, 2013 |title=New Pacific mayor tries to 'pick up the pieces' |page=A1 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-new-pacific-mayor-tries/138921844/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Brian M. |date=June 25, 2013 |title=Pacific Mayor Cy Sun recalled, first votes show |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/pacific-mayor-cy-sun-recalled-first-votes-show/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> Sun was later arrested by the city police department for attempting to enter the sealed clerk's office during an investigation into alleged destruction of city documents by the mayor's office.<ref>{{cite news |last=Skager |first=Shawn |date=July 20, 2012 |title=Pacific mayor arrested and released for trying to enter clerk's office; Sun also facing investigation for destruction of documents |url=https://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/pacific-mayor-arrested-and-released-for-trying-to-enter-clerks-office-sun-also-facing-investigation-for-destruction-of-documents/ |work=Auburn Reporter |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref>