County executive

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A county executive is the elected head of government of a county in the United States. The title for a person holding this position varies depending on the state. Many states with county executives refer to the position as "county executive," but common alternative titles include "county mayor," "county judge," "county judge-executive," "county president", "county chair," "county administrator", "county commissioner", "chief executive officer," or, in New York, "borough president." In consolidated city-counties, the executive may be referred to as the "mayor" of the city. For example, the "Mayor of San Francisco" technically serves as the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco. In some cases, they are referred to as “county mayor” such as in the case of Miami-Dade County or Knox County, Tennessee. The duties of a county executive vary from state to state, but typically include presiding over the county council, signing bills passed by the county council into ordinance, managing county...

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