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==Government== [[File:Orange Municipal jeh.JPG|thumb|left|Municipal Building]] ===Local government=== {{Further|Mayor of Orange, New Jersey}} Orange is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayorβcouncil)|Mayor-Council]] form of municipal government. The city is one of 71 (of the 564) municipalities 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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the directly elected mayor and the seven-member City Council. There are four [[Ward (United States)|ward]] representatives on the city council and three [[at-large]] representatives. Councilmembers are elected to serve four-year terms of office in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections on a staggered basis with the three at-large seats and the mayor up for election together and two years later the four ward seats up at the same time in an alternating cycle in even-numbered years 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. 125.</ref><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"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> {{As of|2025}}, the Mayor of Orange is Dwayne D. Warren, whose term of office ends June 30, 2024.<ref name=Mayor>[https://orangenj.gov/170/Mayors-Office Mayor's Office], City of Orange Township. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref> Members of the City Council are Council President Adrienne Wooten (at-large, 2028), Council Vice President Tency A. Eason (North Ward, 2026), Kerry J. Coley (East Ward, 2026), Quantavia L. Hilbert (West Ward, 2026), Weldon M. Montague III (at-large, 2028), Clifford Ross (at-large, 2029) and Jamie Summers-Johnson (South Ward, 2026).<ref>[https://orangenj.gov/183/City-Council City of Orange Township Council], City of Orange Township. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref><ref name=Budget>[https://orangenj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5025/2024-Adopted-Budget-872024 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Orange Township. Accessed December 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=EssexDirectory>[https://essexcountynj.org/county-directory/ Essex County Directory], [[Essex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 22, 2025.</ref><ref name=Essex2024Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/121184/web.317647/#/summary May Municipal Election May 14, 2024 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], May 22, 2024. Accessed July 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Essex2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/112990/web.285569/#/summary Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated May 18, 2022. Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref> ===Federal, state and county representation=== The City of Orange Township is 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 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 2011β2020 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 2011β2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> {{NJ Congress 10}} {{NJ Senate}} {{NJ Legislative 34}} {{NJ Essex County Commissioners}} ===Politics=== As of March 2011, there were 14,943 registered voters in Orange, of whom 8,490 (56.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 302 (2.0%) as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and 6,147 (41.1%) as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] or as affiliated with the [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-essex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary β Essex], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2012.</ref> {{PresHead|place=Orange|source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=nj.gov}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,076|8,319|108|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|642|10,001|52|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|421|9,298|146|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|291|9,828|42|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|397|10,001|27|New Jersey}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|811|8,000|67|New Jersey}} |} In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 96.7% of the vote (9,828 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 2.9% (291 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (42 votes), among the 10,230 ballots cast by the township's 16,243 registered voters (69 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 63.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-essex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results β November 6, 2012 β 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 β November 6, 2012 β General Election Results β 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]], Obama received 95.5% of the vote (10,001 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 3.8% (397 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (27 votes), among the 10,476 ballots cast by the city's 15,388 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.1%.<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 89.6% of the vote (8,000 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 9.1% (811 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (67 votes), among the 8,931 ballots cast by the city's 14,409 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 62.0.<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 [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] was the only Republican, since at least [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], to obtain over 10.0% of the vote in Orange at 11.3%, as well as the most votes since at least the same year a 1,076 votes. At the same time, Democrat [[Kamala Harris]], although still winning the city by a wide margin, was the only Democrat to obtain under 90.0% percent of the vote since at least 2004 with 87.5%. All of this was in correspondence in the rightward shift of orange from the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] to [[2020]] presidential elections, as well as New Jersey and the nation as a whole from the 2020 to 2024 presidential elections. In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 85.0% of the vote (3,809 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 14.4% (643 votes), and other candidates with 0.6% (27 votes), among the 4,560 ballots cast by the township's 16,607 registered voters (81 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 β 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 β November 5, 2013 β General Election Results β 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 91.7% of the vote (4,993 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 5.5% (302 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 1.4% (74 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (31 votes), among the 5,442 ballots cast by the city's 14,891 registered voters, yielding a 36.5% 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>
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