Editing Hunterdon County, New Jersey (section)

===County government===
Hunterdon County is governed by a [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of County Commissioners]] composed of five members who serve three-year terms of office [[at-large]] on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held each January, the Commissioners select one member to serve as the board's director and another to serve as deputy director. The Commissioner Board is the center of legislative and administrative responsibility and, as such, performs a dual role. As legislators, they draw up and adopt a budget, and in the role of administrators they are responsible for spending the funds they have appropriated.<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/864/Board-of-County-Commissioners Board of County Commissioners], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023. "As top governing officials of Hunterdon County, the five Commissioners are chosen by popular vote in the November general elections. The term of office is for two or three years and the current compensation is $16,000 a year, with an extra $1,000 for the Director. One or two of the five members is elected each year."</ref><ref name=Officials>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/864/Board-of-County-Commissioners Elected and Appointed Officials], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> {{As of|2025}}, Hunterdon County's Commissioners are (with terms for director and deputy director ending every December 31):

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Commissioner 
! Party, Residence, Term 
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| Director Jeff Kuhl 
| R; [[Raritan Township, New Jersey|Raritan Township]], 2027<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/directory.aspx?EID=172 Jeff Kuhl], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> 
|-
| Deputy Director Susan Soloway 
| R; [[Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]], 2027<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/Directory.aspx?EID=118 Susan Soloway], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|-
| John E. Lanza 
| R; Raritan Township, 2025<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/Directory.aspx?EID=115 John E. Lanza], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|-
| Zachary T. Rich 
| [[Republican Party (United States)|R]]; [[West Amwell Township, New Jersey|West Amwell Township]], 2025<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/Directory.aspx?EID=117 Zachary T. Rich], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|- 
| Shaun C. Van Doren 
| R; [[Tewksbury Township, New Jersey|Tewksbury Township]], 2026<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/Directory.aspx?EID=119 Shaun C. Van Doren], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1077 2022 County Data Sheet], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|} 

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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101123505/http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/docconst47.html |date=November 1, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed October 26, 2017.</ref> Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Title
! Representative
|-
| County Clerk
| Mary H. Melfi (R; [[Flemington, New Jersey|Flemington]], 2026),<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/directory.aspx?EID=31 Clerk Mary H. Melfi], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://coanj.com/member-list/clerks/ Clerks], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|-
| Sheriff
| Fredrick W. Brown (R; [[Alexandria Township, New Jersey|Alexandria Township]], 2025)<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/1247/Meet-the-Sheriff Meet the Sheriff], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/sheriffs/ Sheriffs], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> 
|-
| Surrogate
| Heidi Rohrbach (R; [[Kingwood Township, New Jersey|Kingwood Township]], 2028).<ref>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/directory.aspx?eid=40 Surrogate Susan J. Hoffman], Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/surrogates/ Surrogates], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
|}

The Hunterdon County Prosecutor is Renée M. Robeson, who was nominated by Governor of New Jersey [[Phil Murphy]] in 2021.<ref>[http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/prosecutor/ Message from the Prosecutor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025132149/http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/prosecutor/ |date=October 25, 2017 }}, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552016/approved/20160908a.html Governor Chris Christie Files Nominations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025132227/http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552016/approved/20160908a.html |date=October 25, 2017 }}, [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]], press release dated September 8, 2016. Accessed October 24, 2017. "Hunterdon County Prosecutor - Nominate for reappointment Anthony P. Kearns, III (Clinton, Hunterdon)"</ref> Hunterdon County is a part of Vicinage 13 of the [[New Jersey Superior Court]] (along with [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]]), which is seated at the Somerset County Courthouse in [[Somerville, New Jersey|Somerville]], the county seat of Somerset County; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 15 is Yolanda Ciccone. The Hunterdon County Courthouse is in Flemington.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/hunsomwar.html Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Vicinage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011071740/https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/hunsomwar.html |date=October 11, 2017 }}, New Jersey Courts. Accessed October 22, 2017.</ref>

In June 2022, the commissioners appointed Jeff Kuhl to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Mike Holt until he resigned from office. Kuhl will serve on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when voters will choose a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office. Democrats have not won a countywide office in Hunterdon County since 1982.<ref>Deak, Mike. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/hunterdon-county/2022/06/11/hunterdon-county-nj-taps-familiar-face-commissioner-vacancy/7569458001/ "Hunterdon County taps familiar face for commissioner vacancy"], ''[[Courier News]]'', June 11, 2022. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Jeff Kuhl, a former Raritan Township mayor, has taken the vacancy on the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners created by the resignation of longtime Commissioner Matt Holt."</ref>