Editing Weehawken, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[File:WeehawkenTownHall 02.JPG|thumb|Weehawken Town Hall]]

===Local government===
Weehawken operates within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of municipal government. The township is one of 42 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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is a five-member Township Council, whose members are elected to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis in [[non-partisan]] elections held in May. Two council members are elected from the township [[at-large]] and the remainder are chosen from each of three [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. The council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members in a reorganization meeting held in the first week of July after the 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. 135.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://hudsonreporter.com/weehawken-news/mayor-richard-turner-and-weehawken-township-council-sworn-in/ "Mayor Richard Turner and Weehawken Township Council sworn in"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 5, 2022. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Turner, an At-Large Councilman, was re-elected mayor by the council, par for the course for Weehawken's type of mayor and council government. This time around, Silvestri-Ehret was elected Deputy Mayor taking over from Lavangino."</ref>

{{As of |2024}}, the mayor of Weehawken is Richard F. Turner (at-large), whose term of office ends June 30, 2026. Turner has served in office since July 1990, after having served as town manager.<ref>Quintanilla, Blanca M. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-richard-turner-sworn/136845652/ "Weehawken mayor had on-job training"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', July 2, 1990. Accessed December 15, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "'It was a municipality that was not functioning' said Turner who yesterday was sworn in as mayor of Weehawken."</ref> Turner is one of [[List of longest-serving mayors in the United States|longest-serving mayors in New Jersey]].<ref name=change/> Other members of the Township Council are Deputy Mayor Rosemary J. Lavagnino (2nd Ward), David J. Curtis (3rd Ward), Carmela Silvestri-Ehret (1st Ward) and Robert Sosa (at large), all serving terms of office expiring on June 30, 2026.<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.weehawken-nj.us/government/mayor-and-council Mayor and Township Council], Township of Weehawken. Accessed December 16, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.weehawken-nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/2404/638476824506930000 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Weehawken. Accessed December 16, 2024.</ref><ref name=Hudson2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/112983/web.285569/#/summary 2022 Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]], updated June 1, 2022. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ Elected Officials], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> Giovanni D. Ahmad is the township manager.<ref name=Administration/>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Weehawken is located in the 8th 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 33rd 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#33 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 7,335 registered voters in Weehawken, of which 3,717 (50.7%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 850 (11.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 2,753 (37.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 15 voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Hudson], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 74.7% of the vote (3,692 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 23.6% (1,169 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (83 votes), among the 4,969 ballots cast by the township's 7,995 registered voters (25 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 62.2%.<ref name="2012Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Hudson 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-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Hudson 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 72.4% of the vote (3,895 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 26.1% (1,406 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (52 votes), among the 5,381 ballots cast by the township's 8,230 registered voters, for a turnout of 65.4%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 65.0% of the vote (3,250 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 33.8% (1,688 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (26 votes), among the 4,997 ballots cast by the township's 7,293 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 68.5.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
!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-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.2% ''2,171''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.7%'''  ''4,371''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.1% ''171''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.6% ''1,824''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.7%'''  ''5,113''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''101''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.2% ''1,286''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.0%''' ''4,048''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.2% ''176''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name=2012Election>{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.6% ''1,169''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.7%''' ''3,692''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.7% ''83''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|26.1%  ''1,406''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.4%''' ''7,895'' 
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''52''
|-
| 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_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.8% ''1,688''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.0%'''   ''3,250''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.4% ''26''
|-
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 55.5% of the vote (1,407 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 42.2% (1,070 votes), and other candidates with 2.4% (60 votes), among the 2,637 ballots cast by the township's 8,135 registered voters (100 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 32.4%.<ref name="2013Elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor – Hudson 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-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Hudson 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 69.9% of the vote (2,209 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 25.1% (792 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 3.8% (119 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (27 votes), among the 3,161 ballots cast by the township's 7,220 registered voters, yielding a 43.8% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

===Public safety===
Weehawken is served by [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]] (NHRFR).<ref name="NHRFR Locations">{{cite web|url=https://www.northhudsonfire.org/locations/|publisher=North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue|title=NHRFR Locations|access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref> Engine 3 and Engine 5 are assigned to two fire stations located in the township.<ref name="NHRFR Locations"/>

Weehawken Volunteer First Aid and the Weehawken Police Department were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of [[Flight 1549]], for which they received accolades from the survivors.<ref>Staff. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/3008794/article--%E2%80%98Miracle-on-the-Hudson%E2%80%99-survivors-to-return-to-waterfront-to-thank-NJ-emergency-responders- "'Miracle on the Hudson' survivors to return to waterfront"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 22, 2009. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

===Mayors===
* Simon Kelly, 1887 to 1897.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1900/06/01/archives/jamaica-wants-the-tunnel-representatives-argue-for-the-atlantic.html "'King of Weehawken' Dead. Simon Kelly Was Never Out of Office from 1870."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 1, 1900. Accessed December 29, 2016. "He served as Poormaster from 1870 to 1873, was a School Trustee for six years, then Chief of Police until 1887. In that year, he was made a Councilman, and as President of the Board was Mayor of the town until 1898, when he was defeated by a combination of Republicans and Independent Democrats."</ref><ref>[http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/hudson/history/local/weehawken.txt ''Weehawken History''], 1932, via USGenWeb Archives. Accessed December 29, 2016. "To no man of that period belonged greater credit for the building up of our Township than to Simon Kelly, who reigned as the big boss of Weehawken from 1871 to 1900."</ref>
* Edward W. Berger {{circa|1905}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Divorce for Ex-mayor of Weehawken |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/26/102040272.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 26, 1910 }}</ref>
* Morris Frost, in 1908 for a week<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor for a Week. Weehawken Executive Put Out of Office for Using Abusive Language |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/01/11/104714623.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= January 11, 1908}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1932/09/27/archives/mrs-norris-frost-widow-of-a-mayor-of-weehawken-and-daughterinlaw-of.html "Mrs. Morris Frost. Widow of a Mayor of Weehawken and Daughter-in-Law of Another'], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 27, 1932. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref>
* William H. Wood {{circa|1908}}<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/05/26/archives/divorce-for-exmayor-of-weehawken.html "Divorce for ex-Mayor of Weehawken"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 26, 1910. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref>
* George Gonzales {{circa|1908}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-mayor's Son Accused. Frank Gonzales of Hoboken Indicted as an Auto Bandit |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/10/23/100108786.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 23, 1914 }}</ref>
* William M. Brady in 1917
* Emile W. Grauert (1855–1931), 1912 to 1931. He was born in 1855 in [[Manhattan]] and later worked as an architect. His mayorship was possibly split over non-consecutive terms. He died in the mayor's office on April 20, 1931, from a heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Residents Oppose Plan to Consolidate Neighboring Towns into Hudson City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/11/13/archives/bear-of-eclipse-stirs-weehawken-residents-oppose-plan-to.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 13, 1909  }}</ref><ref name="grauert">[https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/14/archives/widow-72-succeeds-weehawken-mayor-trades-broom-for-gavel-for-good.html "Widow, 72, Succeeds Weehawken Mayor"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 14, 1931. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Mrs. Clara E. Grauert, 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert, who at the time of his death on April 20. had completed twenty-one years as Mayor of Weehawken, N. J., was sworn in last night at the Weehawken City Hall as her husband's successor."</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Weehawken Mayor Dead at Age of 76. Emile W. Grauert Elected to the Same Office 11 Times, Serving 21 Years. Began As An Architect. Helped Design Albany Capitol and Several Manhattan Skyscrapers. Public Funeral Tomorrow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/04/21/archives/weehawken-mayor-dead-at-age-of-76-emile-w-grauert-elected-to-the.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 21, 1931 }}</ref><!--http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16377501--><ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via =[[Newspapers.com]]  |title=Mayor Grauert Dies in Weehawken at 76 |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/7886079/emile_w_grauert_18551931_was_the/ |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle]]  |date=April 21, 1931 }}</ref>
* Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert starting in 1931 filling the office of her husband<ref name=grauert/>
* John Meister in 1949<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1949/10/26/archives/united-fruit-plans-weehawken-plant-n-y-central-taking-part-in.html "United Fruit Plans Weehawken Plant"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 26, 1949. Accessed November 14, 2019</ref>
* Charles F. Krause Jr. in 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tax Strike Voted For Weehawken. Township Committee Acts to Cut Off Hudson Levies Over 'Misuse' of Funds To Seek Tax Refund |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/30/archives/tax-strike-voted-for-weehawken-township-committee-acts-to-cut-off.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 30, 1956  }}</ref>
* Stanley D. Ianoco from before 1972 to 1979<ref>{{cite news |author=Richard J. H. Johnston |title=Weehawken Hears Rumbles of Discontent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/01/archives/new-jersey-pages-weehawken-hears-rumbles-of-discontent.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 1, 1972  }}</ref>
* Wally P. Lindsley (born 1949), from 1979 to 1982<ref name="ap">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Ex-Weehawken Mayor Is Guilty of Conspiracy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/16/nyregion/ex-weehawken-mayor-is-guilty-of-conspiracy.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 16, 1983 |access-date=April 1, 2015 }}</ref>
* Stanley D. Ianoco, 1982 to 1990 (second non-consecutive term)<ref name=change/>
* Richard F. Turner (born 1950), from 1990 to present<ref name=MayorCouncil/><ref name="change">{{cite news |author=Kathryn Brenzel |title=Times Change But Not The Mayor. 25 Years Of Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/07/25_years_of_weehawken_mayor_richard_turner.html |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date= July 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=ap/>