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Significant ethnic groups in and around the city include German, English, Scottish, and Irish.
Significant ethnic groups in and around the city include German, English, Scottish, and Irish.
==Government==
Jefferson City has a mayor-council form of government. The city is divided into five wards, each of which elects two members to the city council. Council members are chosen for a two-year term and can serve a total of eight years, while the mayor is elected for a four-year term and can serve up to two consecutive terms. The current mayor is Carrie Tergin, who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.<ref>http://www.jeffersoncitymo.gov/government/mayor.php</ref> Other important institutions of local government include the city administrator (an appointed position) and the municipal court, whose presiding judge is elected for a two-year term.<ref>https://cms4.revize.com/revize/jeffersonmo/CHARTER%20FINAL%20as%20of%202019-06-21.pdf</ref>
Like most of central Missouri, Jefferson City tends strongly [[Republican]] in its politics. All of the elected officials which represent the city and the surrounding area in the state legislature are members of the GOP. In the state House of Representatives, most of the city is part of the 60th District, represented by Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City), though some of the eastern neighborhoods fall into the 59th District, represented by Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville), and the section in Callaway County is part of the 49th District, represented by Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit). In the state Senate, the Callaway County section is included in the 10th District, represented by Jeanie Riddle (R-Fulton); the rest is part of the 6th District, represented by Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City).
==Education==
The entire city falls within the Jefferson City Public School System, which dates back to 1838. It operates eleven separate elementary schools, all kindergarten through 5th grade:
* Belair
* Callaway Hills
* Cedar Hill
* East
* Thorpe Gordon
* Lawson
* Moreau Heights
* North
* Pioneer Trail
* South
* West
There are also two middle schools, Lewis and Clark, and Thomas Jefferson, serving grades 6 through 8. Until 2019, all students in the district attended Jefferson City High School, with an enrollment of about 2,500 students. Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, a second high school, Capital City High School, was opened in the city.<ref>https://www.jcschools.us/domain/65</ref>
In addition, the city is served by a number of parochial schools. The [[Roman Catholic]] Church operates several institutions, including Immaculate Conception Catholic School and St. Joseph Cathedral School at the elementary level, and Helias Interparish Catholic High School at the secondary level. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod operates Immanuel Lutheran School and Trinity Lutheran, as well as Calvary Lutheran High School.<ref>http://www.jeffersoncitymo.gov/live_play/residents.php</ref>
The chief institution of higher education in Jefferson City is Lincoln University. Founded in 1866 by the 62nd United States Colored Infantry, it is a historically African-American college, though many members of other races also attend today. A Division II school, it has an enrollment of around 3,000; its mascot is the Blue Tigers, and its official colors are navy blue and white.<ref>https://www.lincolnu.edu/web/about-lincoln/our-history</ref> William Woods University in Fulton, and Columbia College in Columbia, have satellite campuses in the city as well.
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