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==Government and politics== [[File:Chehalis City Hall 01.jpg|thumb|Chehalis City Hall]] Chehalis has a [[council–manager government|council–manager]] system of government that consists of an elected [[city council]] and an appointed [[city manager]]. The city council has seven members, of which three come from [[at-large]] seats, and selects a ceremonial [[mayor]] from its members.<ref>{{cite news |last=Perednia |first=Graham |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Four Candidates Seeking Three Chehalis Council Seats |url=http://www.chronline.com/news/four-candidates-seeking-three-chehalis-council-seats/article_be695fee-3fde-11e7-ba5c-bf9212cc2d5d.html |work=The Chronicle |access-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113085820/http://www.chronline.com/news/four-candidates-seeking-three-chehalis-council-seats/article_be695fee-3fde-11e7-ba5c-bf9212cc2d5d.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Chehalis/#!/Chehalis02/Chehalis0208.html#2.08|title=Chehalis Municipal Code Chapter 2.08: City Council|publisher=City of Chehalis|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811191003/https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Chehalis/#!/Chehalis02/Chehalis0208.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The council was formed in November 1975 after a city-wide vote to change from a three-person commission to a seven-member board. The inaugural council included the election of the first woman mayor of Chehalis, Viviane Roewe.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Auvil |first1=Dennis |title=New Chehalis council elects woman mayor |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1975/11-25/page-1 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=November 25, 1975}}</ref> The city is located in District 1 of Lewis County and as of March 2021, represented by County Commissioner Sean Swope.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/district-1/|title=Lewis County District 1|publisher=Lewis County|access-date=March 8, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016171621/https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/district-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Politics=== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;" |+ Presidential Elections Results |- bgcolor=lightgrey ! Year ! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]] |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2020]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis County 2020 Election |url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20201103/lewis/precincts-60513.html |website=Results.Vote.WA |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626121522/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20201103/lewis/precincts-60513.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.2%''' ''1,877'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.5% ''1,498'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% ''139'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2016]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20161108/lewis/Precincts-1.html|title=Lewis County Auditor|publisher=Lewis County Auditor|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809054128/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20161108/lewis/Precincts-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.9%''' ''1,458'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.4% ''1,011'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.3% ''260'' |- |} Chehalis historically leans to the [[Right-wing politics|right]], but less than Lewis County as a whole. Third parties receiving votes in the 2016 and 2020 election were the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] and [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]], and there were 15 votes for [[Write-In|Write-in candidates]]. The 2016 election also included votes for the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]]. ===Crime and criminal justice=== The [[Green Hill School (Chehalis, Washington)|Green Hill School]], the state's only maximum security penitentiary for youths, is located in the South Market district.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Patricia |title=When people in charge are mostly white, what's a black kid in jail to think? |url=https://kuow.org/stories/when-people-charge-are-mostly-white-what-s-black-kid-jail-think/ |access-date=June 12, 2023 |work=KUOW.org |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> The city is also home to the Lewis County Jail, situated across from the Lewis County Courthouse in the government district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis County Corrections Bureau |url=https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/sheriff/corrections-jail/ |website=Lewis County, Washington}}</ref>
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