Editing Surprise, Arizona (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Surprise, Arizona}}
Surprise is governed on the local level by a mayor and a six-member city council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surpriseaz.gov/1904/City-Council|title=Surprise City Council – Official Website – Surprise, Arizona|website=www.surpriseaz.gov}}</ref> The mayor is elected at large, while the council members are elected from the six districts which they represent. All city council elections are officially nonpartisan. All representatives serve staggered four-year terms as of 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 1979 |title=Veteran mayor wins seventh term in Surprise |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119913908/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Arizona Republic |language=en}}</ref> The current mayor is Kevin Sartor.