Editing East Orange, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[File:East Orange City Hall Lincoln jeh.jpg|thumb|right|City Hall]]
East Orange is governed under the [[City (New Jersey)|City]] form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this traditional 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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The government is comprised of a mayor and a city council made up of ten members, two representing each of the city's five geographic political subdivisions called [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. The mayor is elected directly by the voters. The ten members of the city council are elected to four-year terms on a staggered basis, with one seat in each ward coming up for election in odd-numbered years.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 148.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=4 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 4. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Wards>[https://www.eastorange-nj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/140/Ward-Boundaries-PDF?bidId= Ward Boundaries], City of East Orange. Accessed November 3, 2019.</ref>

The City Council performs the legislative functions of municipal government by enacting ordinances, resolutions or motions, and is responsible for review and adoption of the municipal budget that has been submitted by the mayor.<ref name=CityCouncil />

{{As of|2025}}, the [[Mayor of East Orange, New Jersey|Mayor of East Orange]] is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Theodore R. "Ted" Green, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.<ref name=Mayor>[https://eastorange-nj.gov/216/Office-of-the-Mayor Office of the Mayor], City of East Orange. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref> Members of the City Council are Christopher Awe (D, 2025; 2nd Ward), Naimma Fauntleroy (D, 2027; 5th Ward), Tameika Garrett-Ward (D, 2025; 4th Ward), Casim L. Gomez (D, 2023; 4th Ward), Alicia Holman (D, 2025; 5th Ward), Christopher D. James (D, 2025; 1st Ward), Bergson Leneus (D, 2025; 3rd Ward), Amy Lewis (D, 2027; 1st Ward), Sammed Monk (D, 2027; 2nd Ward) and Vernon Pullins Jr. (D, 2027; 3rd Ward).<ref name=CityCouncil>[https://eastorange-nj.gov/157/Office-of-City-Council Meet the City Council], City of East Orange. Accessed January 19, 2025. "Members of the City Council are elected to serve a four-year term. The ten member Council consists of two representatives from each of the City's five geographic wards. Five members are elected every odd year from each ward."</ref><ref>[https://www.eastorange-nj.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/163 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], City of East Orange. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref><ref name=EssexDirectory>[https://essexcountynj.org/county-directory/ Essex County Directory], [[Essex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref><ref name=Essex2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/119027/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated November 27, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Essex2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/111516/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Unofficial Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated November 16, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In July 2018, the City Council selected Christopher Awe to fill the Second Ward seat expiring in December 2021 that became vacant when Romal D. Bullock resigned to become the city's tax assessor.<ref>Sykes, Chris. [https://essexnewsdaily.com/headlne-news/64806 "James to replace outgoing chairman as Awe is sworn in"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104040327/https://essexnewsdaily.com/headlne-news/64806 |date=November 4, 2019 }}, Essex News Daily, July 14, 2018. Accessed November 3, 2019. "The East Orange City Council elected 1st Ward Councilman Chris James as its new chairman and Mayor Ted Green swore in new 2nd Ward Councilman Chris Awe at the council’s meeting on Monday, July 9. James is replacing Romal Bullock, the former chairman and 2nd Ward councilman, who resigned, effective Saturday, June 30, to become the city’s new tax assessor. Awe is taking over Bullock’s 2nd Ward seat."</ref> In November 2018, Awe was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Essex2018>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/92902/Web02.222611/#/ November 6, 2018, General Election Unofficial Results], Essex County, New Jersey, updated November 22, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019.</ref>

In December 2018, Tameika Garrett-Ward was appointed to fill the Fourth Ward seat expiring in December 2021 that became vacant when Tyshammie L. Cooper was sworn into office on the [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]]; she was elected to serve the balance of the term in November 2019.<ref name=Essex2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/98882/Web02.235350/#/ November 5, 2019, General Election Unofficial Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 14, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

The first African-American Mayor of East Orange was William S. Hart Sr., who was elected to two consecutive terms, serving in office from 1970 to 1978.<ref>[[John Herbers|Herbers, John]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1969/11/06/archives/voters-ignoring-the-party-label-elections-indicate-decline-in.html "Voters Ignoring The Party Label; Elections Indicate Decline in Organizations' Stability -- Polarization Grows Returns Across Country"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 6, 1969. Accessed December 17, 2011. "For example, William S. Hart, a Democrat, was elected the first Negro Mayor of a major New Jersey municipality, East Orange."</ref> Hart Middle School was named after him.

===Federal, state and county representation===
[[File:East Orange USPS jeh.jpg|thumb|right|Post Office]]
East Orange is located in the 10th Congressional 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], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 34th 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], [[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''], New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#34 Districts by Number for 2011–2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 36,280 registered voters in East Orange, of which 21,646 (59.7%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 396 (1.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 14,228 (39.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 10 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-essex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Essex], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>
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In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 98.5% of the vote (24,862 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 1.3% (330 votes), and other candidates with 0.2% (46 votes), among the 25,375 ballots cast by the city's 39,668 registered voters (137 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 64.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-essex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Essex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-essex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Essex County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 97.7% of the vote (24,718 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 1.6% (408 votes) and other candidates with 0.1% (35 votes), among the 25,304 ballots cast by the city's 36,891 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.6%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-essex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 93.2% of the vote (19,447 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 5.9% (1,225 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (128 votes), among the 20,856 ballots cast by the city's 33,328 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 62.6.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_essex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 88.0% of the vote (9,413 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 11.3% (1,212 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (75 votes), among the 11,269 ballots cast by the city's 41,016 registered voters (569 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 27.5%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-essex.pdf |title=Governor – Essex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-essex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Essex County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 94.4% of the vote (12,554 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2.9% (380 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 1.2% (153 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (63 votes), among the 13,295 ballots cast by the city's 36,157 registered voters, yielding a 36.8% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-essex.pdf 2009 Governor: Essex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202084614/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-essex.pdf |date=February 2, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref>