Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Government== ===Local government=== Woodbridge is 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. The township 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 a directly elected mayor and a nine-member Township Council, with all officials elected to staggered four-year terms of office on a partisan basis as part of the November general election in odd-numbered years. The council includes four members elected [[at-large]] and five members elected from each of the township's five [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. The at-large and mayoral seats come up together for vote followed two years later by the five ward seats.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 87.</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"] {{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> {{As of|2024}}, the [[Mayor]] of Woodbridge Township is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[John McCormac]], whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/342/Mayor-John-E-McCormac Mayor John E. McCormac], Woodbridge Township. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref> McCormac was first elected on November 7, 2006, and sworn in on November 14, 2006.<ref>[http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/NEWS/611140346/1001 McCormac now heads Woodbridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212043808/http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061114%2FNEWS%2F611140346%2F1001 |date=February 12, 2008 }}, ''[[Home News Tribune]]'', November 14, 2006.</ref> McCormac replaced Frank G. Pelzman, who became mayor on January 17, 2002, when former mayor James E. McGreevey resigned to become governor.<ref>[http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS/606300473/1001 Township Dems to tap successor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311044143/http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS/606300473/1001 |date=March 11, 2007 }}, ''[[Home News Tribune]]'', June 30, 2006.</ref> Members of the Township Council are Council President Kyle M. Anderson (D, 2027; at-large), Council Vice President Cory S. Spillar (D, 2025; Third Ward), Harold R. "Howie" Bauer Jr. (D, 2025; Second Ward), Lizbeth DeJesus (D, 2027; at-large), Gregg M. Ficarra (D, 2027; at-large), Sharon McAuliffe (D, 2025; First Ward - elected to serve an unexpired term), Debbie Meehan (D, 2025; Fifth Ward), Virbhadra N. "Viru" Patel (D, 2025; Fourth Ward) and Brian F. Small (D, 2027; at-large).<ref>[https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/340/Council Council], Woodbridge Township. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/356 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Woodbridge Township. Accessed May 28, 2024.</ref><ref name=Middlesex2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/119048/web.317647/#/summary November 7, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], December 7, 2023. Accessed January 1, 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104080323/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Middlesex/110780/web.278093/#/summary |date=January 4, 2022 }}, [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], updated November 19, 2021. Accessed April 13, 2022.</ref> In January 2022, the Township Council selected Sharon McAuliffe from a list of three candidates submitted by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the First Ward seat expiring in December 2025 that had been held by Nancy Bader-Drumm for a decade until her death earlier that month. McAuliffe served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Chang, Kathy. [https://centraljersey.com/2022/01/25/local-business-owner-fills-ward-1-council-seat-in-woodbridge/ "Local business owner fills Ward 1 council seat in Woodbridge"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517210815/https://centraljersey.com/2022/01/25/local-business-owner-fills-ward-1-council-seat-in-woodbridge/ |date=May 17, 2022 }}, ''E/M Sentinel'', January 25, 2022. Accessed April 29, 2022. "The Township Council appointed Sharon McAuliffe, a local business owner, to fill the Ward 1 council seat left vacant after the sudden passing of Ward 1 Councilwoman Nancy Bader-Drumm on Jan. 2. The Woodbridge Democratic Organization submitted three nominees for the council to select from. The other nominees included Jay Barcellona and Robert Minkler, according to Woodbridge Township Clerk John Mitch."</ref><ref name=Middlesex2022/> In August 2015, the Township Council selected Cory Spillar from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Third Ward seat that had been held by Council President Michele Charmello until her resignation the previous month to take a position in [[Pittsburgh]]. The council chose new leadership, promoting Nancy Drumm from vice president to president (to replace Charmello) and Rick Dalina as vice president.<ref>Russell, Suzanne. [http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2015/08/07/woodbridge-welcomes-new-council-member/31305183/ "Woodbridge welcomes new Council member"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212052117/https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2015/08/07/woodbridge-welcomes-new-council-member/31305183/ |date=February 12, 2020 }}, ''[[Courier News]]'', August 7, 2015. Accessed October 9, 2015. "Cory Spiller, an Avenel fire official, was sworn in this week as a member of the Woodbridge Township Council. Spiller replaces Councilwoman Michele Charmello, who represented the Third Ward sections of Avenel and Port Reading. Charmello, who served as Council president, resigned from the Council last month to take a job working with an educational nonprofit in Pittsburgh, according to township officials."</ref> ===Federal, state, and county representation=== [[File:EastJerseyStatePrisonNew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[East Jersey State Prison]]]] Woodbridge Township is located in the 6th 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] {{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> and is part of New Jersey's 19th 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#19 Districts by Number for 2011-2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#19 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> {{NJ Congress 06}} {{NJ Senate}} {{NJ Legislative 19}} {{NJ Middlesex County Commissioners}} ===Politics=== As of March 2011, there were a total of 54,674 registered voters in Woodbridge Township, of which 20,900 (38.2%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 6,135 (11.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 27,611 (50.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 28 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215902/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-middlesex-co-summary-report.pdf |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;" |+ Presidential Elections Results |- bgcolor=lightgrey ! Year ![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ![[Democratic Party (United States)|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/election-information-results.shtml|title=Election Results Archive|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.9% ''21,531'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.4%''' ''22,175'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''1,201'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/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 21, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813203956/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.6% ''18,760'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.2%''' ''25,778'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''532'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Middlesex County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203031/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.4% ''16,055'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.5%''' ''21,533'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''1,192'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name="2012Election">{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-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=June 21, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204115/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.7% ''13,200'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.2%''' ''22,386'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.1% ''386'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]<ref name="state.nj.us">[https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022191707/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2008/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=October 22, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed June 21, 2021.</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.4% ''16,251'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.4%''' ''21,590'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.2% ''472'' |- | 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_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% ''16,589'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.5%''' ''19,662'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''367'' |- |} In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 62.2% of the vote (22,386 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 36.7% (13,200 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (386 votes), among the 36,301 ballots cast by the township's 55,262 registered voters (329 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 65.7%.<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 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111233101/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111223203/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 55.9% of the vote (21,590 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 42.0% (16,251 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (472 votes), among the 38,657 ballots cast by the township's 55,075 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.2%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722203923/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-middlesex.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 53.5% of the vote (19,662 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 45.1% (16,589 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (367 votes), among the 36,770 ballots cast by the township's 51,913 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.8.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Middlesex County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722204150/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_middlesex_co_2004.pdf |date=July 22, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;" |+ Gubernatorial 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}}|'''[[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}}|47.0% ''11,292'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.0%''' ''12,510'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''244'' |- | 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}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.7% ''8,292'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.8%''' ''11,530'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.5% ''526'' |- | 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}}</ref>''' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.9%''' ''12,122'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.7% ''8,183'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.4% ''186'' |- | 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|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911213517/http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-middlesex.pdf}}</ref> | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.1%''' ''11,987'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.9% ''10,029'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |8.3% ''1,971'' |- | 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%27s_results-middlesex.pdf|title=Governor – Middlesex County |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119223551/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005governor%27s_results-middlesex.pdf}}</ref> | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.4% ''9,348'' | style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.2%''' ''13,077'' | style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |5.4% ''1,247'' |} In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 58.9% of the vote (12,122 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 39.7% (8,183 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (286 votes), among the 21,064 ballots cast by the township's 56,121 registered voters (473 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.5%.<ref name=2013Elections/><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 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133312/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-middlesex.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 50.1% of the vote (11,987 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 41.9% (10,029 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 7.2% (1,710 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (261 votes), among the 23,913 ballots cast by the township's 53,843 registered voters, yielding a 44.4% 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=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 27, 2012.</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
(section)
Add topic