Editing Morris County, New Jersey (section)

====Former commissioners====
No Democrat has been elected to county-wide office since 1973; the longest Democratic drought in any New Jersey county. Former county commissioners include:<ref>[http://planning.morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170217-Freeholders-History.pdf Morris County Freeholders History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201426/http://planning.morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170217-Freeholders-History.pdf |date=April 15, 2017 }}, Morris County Department of Planning and Public Works. Accessed April 17, 2017.</ref>
* 2018–2020: Heather Darling ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
* 2013–2019: John Cesaro (R)
* 2012–2018: Hank Lyon (R)
* 2013–2015: David Scapicchio (R)
* 2007–2012: Eugene Feyl (R)
* 1999–2012: Margaret Nordstrom (R)
* 2006–2012: William Chegwidden (R)
* 1998–2012: John Murphy (R)
* 1999–2010: Jack Schrier (R)
* 2007–2010: James Murray (R)
* 2001–2007: John Inglesino (R)
* 1992–2006: Cecilia Laureys (R)
* 1984, 1992–2006: Frank Dreutzler (R)
* 1995–1997: [[Chris Christie]] (R)
* 1975–1978: Douglas Romaine ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])

Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the [[New Jersey State Constitution]], each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as constitutional officers. These officers are the [[County Clerk]] and [[Probate Court|County Surrogate]] (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the [[Sheriff|County Sheriff]] (elected for a three-year term).<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/docconst47.html#page16 New Jersey State Constitution (1947), Article VII, Section II, Paragraph 2], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed October 26, 2017.</ref> {{As of|2025}}, they are 
County Clerk Ann F. Grossi (R, [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany–Troy Hills]], 2028),<ref>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/About/Ann-F.-Grossi-Esq Ann F. Grossi, Esq.], Office of the Morris County Clerk. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref><ref>[http://coanj.com/member-list/clerks/ Clerks], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref>
Sheriff James M. Gannon (R, Boonton Township, 2025)<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Sheriff/About-Us/Sheriff-James-M.-Gannon About Us: Sheriff James M. Gannon], Morris County Sheriff's Office. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/sheriffs/ Sheriffs], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref> and 
Surrogate Heather Darling (R, [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]], 2029).<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Morris-County-Surrogate-Office Surrogate Court], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/surrogates/ Surrogates], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 19, 2025.</ref>

The County Prosecutor is Robert J. Carroll, who was sworn into the position in October 2020 following the retirement of Frederic M. Knapp.<ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Morris-County-News/Robert-J.-Carroll-of-Roseland-Appointed-Acting-Morris-County-Prosecutor "Robert J. Carroll of Roseland Appointed Acting Morris County Prosecutor"], Morris County, New Jersey, October 14, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2023. "Robert J. Carroll, a Roseland attorney who has been serving as Director of the Law Department at the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, was sworn in during a Morristown ceremony today to serve as Acting Morris County Prosecutor."</ref><ref>[https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Prosecutor/About-Us/Prosecutor-Robert-J.-Carroll Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll], Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref> Morris County is a part of Vicinage 10 of the [[New Jersey Superior Court]] (along with [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]]), which is seated at the Morris County Courthouse in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 10 is Stuart A. Minkowitz.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/morsus.html Morris/Sussex], New Jersey Courts|. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref> Law enforcement at the county level is the Morris County Sheriff's Office. The Morris County Park Police was disbanded and merged into the Sheriff's Office on January 1, 2022.<ref>Westhiven, William. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2021/10/28/morris-county-park-police-vote-sheriffs-office/8580348002/ "Morris County Park Police to be folded into Sheriff's Office following commissioner vote"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Recird]]'', October 28, 2021. Accessed November 21, 2023. "Years in the planning, the Morris County Board of County Commissioners Wednesday adopted a resolution that authorized the Morris County Park Police to be absorbed into the sheriff’s office.... The merger takes effect on Jan. 1, 2022, when the park police become part of the 90-member Bureau of Law Enforcement of the Sheriff’s Office."</ref> The County law enforcement organization includes the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.