Baltimore

====Mayor====
{{for|a full list of mayors|List of mayors of Baltimore}}

[[Brandon Scott]] is the current [[mayor of Baltimore]]. He was elected in 2020 and took office on December 8, 2020. Scott succeeded [[Jack Young (politician)|Jack Young]] who had been mayor since May 2, 2019, upon the resignation of [[Catherine Pugh]]. Prior to Pugh's official resignation, Young was the president of the [[Baltimore City Council]] and had been the acting mayor since April 2.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-pugh-resigns-20190502-story.html |title=Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns amid growing children's book scandal |date=May 2, 2019 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |first1=Luke |last1=Broadwater |first2=Ian |last2=Duncan |first3=Jean |last3=Marbella |access-date=August 1, 2019 }}</ref>

[[Catherine Pugh]] became the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2016 and won the [[2016 Baltimore mayoral election|mayoral election in 2016]] with 57.1% of the vote; Pugh took office as mayor on December 6, 2016.<ref name=Fritze>{{cite news|title=How does a Donald Trump administration look in Maryland? In a word, different|first=John|last=Fritze|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 9, 2016|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-trump-maryland-20161109-story.html|access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> Pugh took a leave of absence in April 2019 due to health concerns, then officially resigned from office on May 2.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-resigns-11556825577 |title=Baltimore Mayor Pugh Resigns in Book-Sales Scandal |date=May 2, 2019 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |first1=Scott |last1=Calvert |first2=Jon |last2=Kamp |access-date=August 1, 2019 }}</ref> The resignation coincided with a scandal over a "self-dealing" book-sales arrangement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://kmph.com/news/nation-world/baltimore-mayor-goes-on-leave-as-book-scandal-intensifies |title=Baltimore mayor goes on leave as 'self-serving' book deal scandal intensifies |date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=[[KMPH-TV]] |first=David |last=McFadden |access-date=August 1, 2019 }}</ref>

[[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]] assumed the office of Mayor on February 4, 2010, when predecessor Dixon's resignation became effective.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ebenezerusa.org/bal-rawlings-blake-mayor/ | title=Rawlings-Blake sworn in as mayor | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=January 8, 2018 | first=Ben | last=Nuckols }}</ref> Rawlings-Blake had been serving as City Council President at the time. She was elected to a full term in 2011, defeating Pugh in the primary election and receiving 84% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scharper |first=Julie |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-srb-plans-20110914,0,206953.story |title=Rawlings-Blake: 'We have a unique opportunity' |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 14, 2011 |access-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928104156/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-srb-plans-20110914,0,206953.story |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Sheila Dixon]] became the first female mayor of Baltimore on January 17, 2007. As the former City Council President, she assumed the office of Mayor when former Mayor [[Martin O'Malley]] took office as Governor of Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dixon Takes Oath |last=Fritze |first=John |date=January 19, 2007 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-01-19/news/0701190012_1_dixon-new-mayor-baltimore |access-date=July 8, 2013}}</ref> On November 6, 2007, Dixon won the [[Baltimore mayoral election, 2007|Baltimore mayoral election]]. Mayor Dixon's administration ended less than three years after her election, the result of a criminal investigation that began in 2006 while she was still City Council President. She was convicted on a single misdemeanor charge of [[embezzlement]] on December 1, 2009. A month later, Dixon made an [[Alford plea]] to a [[perjury]] charge and agreed to resign from office; Maryland, like most states, does not allow convicted felons to hold office.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Dixon Resigns| url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.plea07jan07,0,5485782.story| last=Bykowicz| first=Julie| date=January 7, 2010| newspaper=The Baltimore Sun| access-date=December 21, 2010| archive-date=June 29, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629173841/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.plea07jan07,0,5485782.story| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-dixon-trial1201,0,2096336.story | work=The Baltimore Sun | title=Dixon convicted of embezzlement | first=Julie | last=Bykowicz | author2=Annie Linskey | date=December 1, 2009 | access-date=December 2, 2009 | archive-date=June 29, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629173951/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-dixon-trial1201,0,2096336.story | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:1city hall baltimore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Baltimore City Hall]]]]