Editing Bayonne, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[File:Bayonne City Hall jeh.jpg|thumb|City Hall]]

=== Local government ===
{{Further|Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey}}
The City of Bayonne has been governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] system of municipal government (Plan C), implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of July 1, 1962,<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed October 29, 2013.</ref> before which it was governed by a Board of Commissioners under the [[Walsh Act]]. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the five-member City Council, of which two seats are chosen [[at-large]] and three from [[Ward (United States)|wards]], all of whom serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis and are chosen in balloting held as part of the May municipal election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 135.</ref><ref name=Officials/><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://nj.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19620802_0040160.NJ.htm/qx ''Broadway National Bank of Bayonne v. Parking Authority''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422182934/http://nj.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19620802_0040160.NJ.htm/qx |date=April 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Superior Court]], Law Division decided August 2, 1962. Via FindACase.com. Accessed November 27, 2011. "The facts are undisputed. The City of Bayonne was governed by a board of commissioners in accordance with the Walsh Act until July 1, 1962.... Mayor-Council Plan C of the Faulkner Act (NJSA 40:69A-1 et seq.) was adopted by referendum in the City of Bayonne and took effect on July 1, 1962."</ref>

{{As of|July 2022}}, the [[List of mayors of Bayonne, New Jersey|Mayor of Bayonne]] is James M. "Jimmy" Davis, whose term of office ends June 30, 2026; Davis was first elected as mayor in a runoff election on June 10, 2014, against incumbent Mayor Mark Smith. Members of the Bayonne City Council are Loyad Booker (at-large), Neil Carroll III (1st Ward), Gary La Pelusa Sr. (3rd Ward), Juan M. Perez (at-large) and Jacqueline Weimmer (2nd Ward), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end on June 30, 2026.<ref name=Officials>[https://www.bayonnenj.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-jimmy-davis Mayor Jimmy Davis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007223329/https://www.bayonnenj.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-jimmy-davis |date=October 7, 2022 }}, City of Bayonne. Accessed November 30, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.bayonnenj.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034227/https://www.bayonnenj.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf |date=December 1, 2022 }}, City of Bayonne. Accessed November 30, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hudson2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/112983/web.285569/#/summary 2022 Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927062628/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/112983/web.285569/#/summary |date=September 27, 2022 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]], updated June 1, 2022. Accessed November 28, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ Elected Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221516/https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ |date=November 12, 2019 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed November 28, 2022.</ref>

In November 2018, the City Council appointed Neil Carroll III to fill the 1st Ward seat vacated by Tommy Cotter, who resigned to take a position as the city's DPW director; at age 27, Carroll became the youngest councilmember in city history.<ref>Heinis, John. [https://hudsoncountyview.com/as-expected-bayonne-council-appoints-carroll-iii-to-replace-cotter-in-the-1st-ward/ "As expected, Bayonne council appoints Carroll III to replace Cotter in the 1st Ward"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221517/https://hudsoncountyview.com/as-expected-bayonne-council-appoints-carroll-iii-to-replace-cotter-in-the-1st-ward/ |date=November 12, 2019 }}, Hudson County View, November 20, 2018. Accessed November 12, 2019. "As expected, the Bayonne City Council voted to appoint Neil Carroll III to replace Tommy Cotter as the 1st Ward councilman at a brief special meeting this evening.... He beat out more than a dozen other candidates and Cotter has moved on to the director of the Department of Public Works for a salary of $117,000 a year. At just 27 years old, Carroll is the youngest councilman in Bayonne history. When asked about the criticism of being too young to handle the job, he said that his situation is not completely unprecedented."</ref> In the November 2019 general election, Carroll was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Hudson2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/98893/Web02.235350/#/ Hudson County General Election 2018 Statement of Vote November 5, 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107002016/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/98893/Web02.235350/#/ |date=January 7, 2020 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 13, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>
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===Federal, state, and county representation===
[[File:BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ON UPPER NEW YORK BAY WITH THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE IN THE BACKGROUND. LANDS ADJACENT TO THE BIGHT... - NARA - 555724.jpg|thumb|right|View of Manhattan from Bayonne, 1974]]
[[File:September 11th Tribute in Light from Bayonne, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View of [[Lower Manhattan]] from Bayonne, September 11, 2014]]
Bayonne is in the 8th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2022>[https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf 2022 Redistricting Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028193337/https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf |date=October 28, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 31st state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120165412/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf |date=November 20, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105221009/https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf |date=November 5, 2019 }}, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#31 Districts by Number for 2011-2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#31 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

Prior to the 2010 Census, Bayonne had been split between the 10th Congressional District and the {{ushr|NJ|13|13th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=54 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059/http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=54 |date=June 4, 2013 }}, p. 54, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref> The split placed 33,218 residents living in the city's south and west in the 8th District, while 29,806 residents in the northeastern portion of the city were placed in the 10th District.<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/2012-nj-bayonne.pdf New Jersey Congressional Districts 2012-2021: Bayonne Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219230830/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/2012-nj-bayonne.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref>

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{{NJ Hudson County Commissioners}}

===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 32,747 registered voters in Bayonne, of which 17,087 (52.2%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,709 (8.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 12,928 (39.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 23 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hudson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233330/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 66.4% of the vote (13,467 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 32.6% (6,605 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (197 votes), among the 20,454 ballots cast by the city's 34,424 registered voters (185 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 59.4%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226065926/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063832/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 57.0% of the vote here (13,768 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 40.6% (9,796 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (283 votes), among the 24,139 ballots cast by the town's 35,823 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.4%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234307/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 56.0% of the vote here (12,402 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 42.2% (9,341 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (184 votes), among the 22,135 ballots cast by the town's 32,129 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 68.9.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
!Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.3% ''11,847''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.2%'''  ''12,837''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''772''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.8% ''10,869''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.2%'''  ''16,306''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.0% ''294''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.7% ''8,636''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.2%''' ''12,437''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''590''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name=2012Election>{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.6% ''6,605''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.4%''' ''13,467''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''197''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.6%  ''9,796''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.0%''' ''13,768'' 
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''283''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.2% ''9,341''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.0%'''   ''12,402''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.6% ''184''
|-
|}

In the [[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 49.3% of the vote (5,322 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 49.1% (5,297 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (169 votes), among the 10,987 ballots cast by the city's 34,957 registered voters (199 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 31.4%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133337/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133308/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 53.8% of the vote here (7,421 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 38.7% (5,333 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 4.8% (662 votes) and other candidates with 1.3% (183 votes), among the 13,781 ballots cast by the town's 32,588 registered voters, yielding a 42.3% turnout.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>