The Mayor is elected in a non-partisan election and serves for a four-year term.
There are nine city councilors and six school committee members, all elected at large in a non-partisan election.
Judge Stephens won a full term in a non-partisan election on November 4, 2008.
These bodies are elected in non-partisan elections and have the power to tax their residents.
Voters choose three Commissioners to serve four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections.
All are elected to four-year terms in non-partisan elections.
A non-partisan election does not mean that the judges run and are selected with no regard to political beliefs.
In most places, this provision is in place for non-partisan elections as well.
Every six years, the judges must stand for retention in an unopposed, non-partisan election.
Officials are elected to four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections held every other May in even years.