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.