Montrose provided political support for former city councilperson and mayor Annise Parker. Muriel Bowser served as councilperson before she became the city's mayor in 2015. The city councilperson who is a member of Bethel recused herself from voting. Each Town councilperson represents one of five municipal districts. Brandon Todd is the current Ward 4 councilperson. His permanent deputy mayors are the "First councilperson" and "Second councilperson". Helming was first elected to local office in 2010 as a town councilperson. In 1993, Bobo married former planning board member and councilperson Lloyd G. Knowles. Former councilperson, Michelle Mosby, finished in a distant third. Besides being a ceramic artist, Victoria Mitchell Vasquez, Mitchell's daughter, serves as a tribal councilperson. If a vacancy of a councilperson occurs, the vacancy will be temporarily. She has been endorsed by the current 14th District Councilperson, Mary Pat Clarke. Theresa Kail-Smith is the current Councilperson for district two. Each year, Council appoints a local high school student to serve as the Junior Councilperson. He took office as Councilperson on 1 July 2015.