 Aomori has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 35 members.The city also contributes 10 members of the 48 member Aomori Prefectural Assembly.In terms of national politics, the city falls within the Aomori 1st district, a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan, which also includes the city of Mutsu, the Higashitsugaru District, the Shimokita District, and the northern half of the Kamikita District.