Editing East Brunswick, New Jersey (section)

==Law and government==

=== Local government ===
The Township of East Brunswick was established in 1860. Since January 1, 1965, the Township has operated within the [[Faulkner Act]] under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] Plan E form of municipal government,<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 84.</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><ref>[https://www.eastbrunswick.org/content/202/293/1237.aspx History of the Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203231846/https://www.eastbrunswick.org/content/202/293/1237.aspx |date=December 3, 2019 }}, East Brunswick Township. Accessed December 3, 2019. "The Township of East Brunswick was established in 1860. Since January 1, 1965, the Township has operated under the Mayor-Council Plan E form of government pursuant to the Faulkner Act, Chapter 69A of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes."</ref> which is used in 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide.<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 Mayor and the five-member Township Council, with all members elected [[at-large]] as part of the November general election in even-numbered years. The mayor and two council seats are up for vote together during Presidential election years, with the other seats up for vote two years later. Serving on a part-time basis as the chief executive of the community, the Mayor votes only in the case of a tie on a vote by the Township Council and can veto ordinances, but vetoes can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the council. The Township Council adopts ordinances; adopts a budget after review and revisions; makes appropriations; sets taxes and bond issues; creates and abolishes jobs via ordinance; sets salaries and establishes municipal policy. The council has the authority to initiate hearings for the purposes of gathering information for ordinance making, airing public problems and supervising the spending of its appropriations.<ref>[https://www.eastbrunswick.org/413/History-of-the-Council History of the Council], East Brunswick Township. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The Township of East Brunswick was established in 1860. Since January 1, 1965, the Township has operated under the Mayor-Council Plan E form of government pursuant to the Faulkner Act, Chapter 69A of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes.... The Mayor is the chief executive of the community who is chosen for a four year term at the regular Presidential election in November and serves part-time.... The Township Council is the legislative body. There are five members elected at large for staggered four-year terms at the general election held in even-numbered years."</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the mayor of East Brunswick is [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrat]] Brad J. Cohen, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024.<ref name=MayorAdmin/> Members of the Township Council are Council President Kevin McEvoy (D, 2026), Council Vice President Dana Zimbicki (D, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term), Dinesh Behal (D, 2024), James Wendell (D, 2026) and Dana Winston (D, 2026).<ref>[https://www.eastbrunswick.org/409/Township-Council Township Council Members], East Brunswick Township. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.eastbrunswick.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/323#page=10 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], East Brunswick Township. Accessed May 27, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/116148/web.307039/#/summary November 8, 2022 General Election Official Results], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/110780/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], updated November 19, 2021. Accessed April 13, 2022.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2020>[https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiODhjZDE4ZGUtZjk2Yy00MTI4LTk4ZjYtMmNkY2Q1ZTJmNjY0IiwidCI6IjhlZjNiNGU0LTBlODgtNDM4Yi1iOWE1LTEwZmVjYmQwYjcxZSJ9 Election Results 2020], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], as certified on November 20, 2020. Accessed January 21, 2021.</ref>

Dana Zimbicki was appointed in February 2022 to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that was vacated the previous month by Michael Spadafino.<ref>Salvadore, Sarah. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/eastbrunswick/dana-zimbicki-appointed-east-brunswick-council "Dana Zimbicki Appointed To East Brunswick Council; Zimbicki will fill the seat left vacant after Michael Spadafino resigned in January."], East Brunswick, NJ Patch, February 16, 2022. Accessed May 5, 2022. "Dana Zimbicki was appointed to the East Brunswick Town Council on Monday. She will fill the seat left vacant by Michael Spadafino. Spadafino resigned from Council on Jan. 10, and the East Brunswick Democratic Organization (EBDO) nominated three candidates to fill his position - Verne Whitlock Jr., Dana Winston and Zimbicki."</ref> Zimbicki served on an interim basis until the November 2022 election, when voters chose her to serve the remainder of the term of office.<ref name=Middlesex2022/>

In February 2021, the Township Council appointed Dinesh Behal from a list of three candidates submitted by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by [[Sterley Stanley]] until he resigned from office the previous month to take office in the New Jersey General Assembly; Behal served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Russell, Suzanne. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2021/02/23/east-brunswick-adds-dinesh-behal-township-council-member/4540875001/ "East Brunswick selects Behal as new council member"], ''[[Courier News]]'', February 23, 2021. Accessed May 20, 2021. "Dinesh Behal has been selected as the township's newest council member.... Fellow council members expressed support in wanting to work with Behal, who is filling the seat formerly held by Sterley Stanley, a Democrat, who won a special election in January for an 18th District Assembly seat and became the first South Asian to represent Middlesex County in the state Legislature."</ref><ref name=Middlesex2021/>

Elected as a Republican, James Wendell announced in July 2017 that he was switching parties, giving Democrats control of the Township Council.<ref>Berzok, Maureen. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-brunswick/articles/east-brunswick-jim-wendell-joins-the-democratic "East Brunswick: Jim Wendell Joins the Democratic Party in Move that Overturns Town Council Majority"], TAP into East Brunswick, July 11, 2017. Accessed September 11, 2017. "Council Vice-President James Wendell, the 2016 Republican candidate for mayor and a lifelong member of the GOP, announced today that he is joining the Democratic Party.... With Wendell’s decision to switch parties, Democrats will now control both the mayor’s office and the majority on the township’s council."</ref>

In February 2014, the Township Council appointed Michael Spadafino to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by [[Nancy Pinkin]], until she stepped down the previous month to take office in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]].<ref>Rakossy, Rob. [https://www.tapinto.net/articles/michael-spadafino-elected-to-east-brunswick-towns "Michael Spadafino Elected To East Brunswick Township Council"], TapInto.net, February 11, 2014. Accessed July 12, 2016. "After a contentious and rancorous meeting two weeks ago, the East Brunswick Township Council reconvened Monday night to once again attempt to fill the vacancy created when former Councilwoman Nancy Pinkin moved on to her higher office in the New Jersey State Assembly.... While Council members Hughes, Wendell, and Contrino maintained their vote, Council President Ferraro elected to make the switch, voting this time for Spadafino, thus avoiding Mayor Stahl's need to break the tie, and electing Spadafino by a 3-1 margin over McEvoy. Spadafino was then immediately sworn in to his new role."</ref> In the November 2014 general election, Spadafino was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Middlesex2014>[http://mcgisweb.co.middlesex.nj.us/elections/results.html?e=2014-11-4 November 4, 2014 General Election Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807021750/http://mcgisweb.co.middlesex.nj.us/elections/results.html?e=2014-11-4 |date=August 7, 2016}}, [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed July 12, 2016.</ref>

David Stahl served as mayor from his election in 2012 until his resignation on January 14, 2016, when he left office to take on a judge position in nearby [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]].<ref>Russell, Suzanne. [http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2016/01/13/east-brunswick-mayor-resigns-office/78762186/ "East Brunswick Mayor David Stahl resigns from office"], ''[[Courier News]]'', January 13, 2016. Accessed July 12, 2016. "David Stahl, mayor of East Brunswick for the past seven years, resigned from office Wednesday to become a municipal judge in Woodbridge Township."</ref> The Township Council appointed Kevin McEvoy, a former history teacher at [[East Brunswick High School]] and trustee of the [[East Brunswick Public Schools]], to serve the balance of Stahl's term as mayor that expired in December 2016; McEvoy stated that he would not run to serve a full term as mayor.<ref>Amaral, Brian. [http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/02/kevin_mcevoy_becomes_new_east_brunswick_mayor.html "Kevin McEvoy becomes new East Brunswick mayor"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], February 9, 2016. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Democrat Kevin McEvoy was appointed by the town council Monday night to fill the 11 months left on outgoing mayor David Stahl's term.... McEvoy will not run for another term in November, he said."</ref>

Republicans took control of the Township Council for the first time in 14 years in 2010, as Camille Ferraro, Mike Hughes and James Wendell swept the three seats that were up for election, with voter sentiment focused on controversy over a redevelopment plan for a parcel of land known as the "Golden Triangle".<ref>Lee, Eunice. [http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/11/anger_economy_cited_as_voters.html "Anger, economy cited as voters put Republican majority on East Brunswick Council"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 4, 2010. Accessed November 22, 2012. "After 14 years of Democratic control in East Brunswick, the township council has swung to the Republicans. Voters on Tuesday chose Republican challengers James Wendell, a real estate developer, former school board member Michael Hughes and re-elected Republican Councilwoman Camille Ferraro."</ref> Hughes, the youngest council member ever elected, said the stalled project was keeping property taxes disproportionately high on residents and called for revitalization of business.<ref>Haydon, Tom. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/youngest-ever_east_brunswick_c.html "Youngest-ever East Brunswick council member shows savvy beyond his 21 years"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 6, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2012. "Councilman Michael Hughes, 21, participates in a council meeting on Jan. 25 in East Brunswick. He became East Brunswick's youngest councilman ever when he took office on Jan. 1."</ref>

=== Federal, state and county representation ===
East Brunswick Township is located in the 12th 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 18th 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#18 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 31,297 registered voters in East Brunswick Township, of which 9,957 (31.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democrats]], 5,298 (16.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republicans]] and 16,024 (51.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 18 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Middlesex], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! 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-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''11,555''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.9%''' ''13,051''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |4.0% ''882''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.0% ''10,713''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.6%''' ''15,713''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''377''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.0% ''9,255''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.6%'''  ''12,545''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''779''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2016-results/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex County|date=March 15, 2013|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.8% ''9,064''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.9%'''  ''11,848''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.3% ''275''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref name="state.nj.us">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.0% ''9,967''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.3%'''  ''12,817''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''238''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''10,069''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.8%'''  ''12,016''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.5% ''163''
|-
|}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 55.9% of the vote (11,848 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 42.8% (9,064 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (275 votes), among the 21,332 ballots cast by the township's 31,870 registered voters (145 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 66.9%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Middlesex 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-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Middlesex 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 55.3% of the vote (12,817 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 43.0% (9,967 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (238 votes), among the 23,187 ballots cast by the township's 32,144 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.1%.<ref name="state.nj.us"/> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 53.8% of the vote (12,016 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 45.1% (10,069 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (163 votes), among the 22,348 ballots cast by the township's 30,364 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 73.6.<ref name="Presidential Election 2004"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Gubernatorial election results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021|2021]]<ref name="2021Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.3% ''7,098''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.7%'''  ''8,417''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.9% ''143''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017|2017]]<ref name="2017Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082423/http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.8% ''5,137''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.3%'''  ''6,532''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.8% ''341''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013]]<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|date=January 29, 2014|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072807/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-middlesex.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.3%''' ''7,849''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.4%  ''4,589''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.6% ''164''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009]]'''<ref name="2009Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.7%''' ''7,805''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.1%  ''5,799''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |7.7% ''1,135''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005|2005]]'''<ref name="2005Elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor's_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.3% ''5,958''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.7%'''  ''7,109''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.9% ''535''
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 62.3% of the vote (7,849 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 36.4% (4,589 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (164 votes), among the 12,731 ballots cast by the township's 31,870 registered voters (129 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.9%.<ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Middlesex 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]], Republican Chris Christie received 52.7% of the vote (7,805 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 39.1% (5,799 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.8% (1,007 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (128 votes), among the 14,824 ballots cast by the township's 31,116 registered voters, yielding a 47.6% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf 2009 Governor: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230558/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf |date=2012-10-17}}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 22, 2012.</ref>