Editing Asbury Park, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
The City of Asbury Park is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of government. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form.<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><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> The city was previously governed under the [[1923 Municipal Manager Law]] form of municipal government until voters approved the Council-Manager form in 2013.<ref name=FormVote>Terry, Nicquel. [http://www.app.com/article/20131105/NJNEWS11/311050104/asbury-park-election "Asbury Park elects to change form of government"]{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 5, 2013. Accessed April 20, 2015. "The city has adopted a new form of government that calls for an elected mayor and staggered terms for four council members after an overwhelming majority of voters passed the ballot question in Tuesday's election. The new government structure means there will be another City Council election in November 2014, shortening the terms of the five council members elected in May."</ref> The government is comprised of a five-member City Council with a directly elected mayor and four council positions all elected [[at-large]] in [[non-partisan]] elections, to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis in elections held in even years as part of the November general election.<ref name=MoorSworn/><ref name=FormVote/>

The form of government was chosen based on the final report issued in August 2013 by a [[Charter Study Commission]] that had narrowed its options to the weak Mayor Council-Manager form or the strong Mayor [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Faulkner Act]] form, ultimately choosing to recommend the Council-Manager form as it would retain desired aspects of the 1923 Municipal Manager Law (non-partisan voting for an at-large council with a professional manager) while allowing a directly elected mayor, elections in November and grants voters the right to use initiative and referendum.<ref>[http://www.asburyparktv.org/OTHER/CSC%20FINAL%20REPORT.pdf Report and Recommendations of the Charter Study Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102052930/http://www.asburyparktv.org/OTHER/CSC%20FINAL%20REPORT.pdf |date=January 2, 2015 }}, City of Asbury Park, August 5, 2013. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> The four winning council candidates in the November 2014 general election [[Drawing straws|drew straws]], with two being chosen to serve full four-year terms and two serving for two years. Thereafter, two council seats will be up for election every two years.<ref>Terry, Nicquel. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/eatontown-asbury-park/asbury-park/2014/09/02/asbury-park-candidates-file-election/14991833/ "Asbury Park mayor and council candidates file for election"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 2, 2014. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Starting with the upcoming Nov. 4 election, voters will now be able to directly elect their mayor after the city elected last year to switch to a council-manager government structure.... The staggered terms begin with the election of four council members — two for two-year terms and two for four-year-terms. Council members will draw straws to determine who serves which term. In future elections, every council member would have a four-year term but there would be a new election every two years."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the [[mayor]] of Asbury Park is John Moor, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Asbury Park City Council are Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn (2028), Angela Ahbez-Anderson (2026), Eileen Chapman (2028) and Barbara "Yvonne" Clayton (2028).<ref name=Council>[https://www.cityofasburypark.com/158/Mayor-City-Council Mayor & Council], Asbury Park, New Jersey. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref name=MoorSworn/><ref>[https://www.cityofasburypark.com/DocumentCenter/View/5897/2024-Adopted-Budget-PDF 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Asbury Park, New Jersey. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/122857/web.345435/#/summary November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/116246/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

In May 2016, the City Council appointed Eileen Chapman to fill the vacant council seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Joe Woerner until he resigned from office.<ref>Gladden, Michelle. [http://asburyparksun.com/eileen-chapman-appointed-to-city-council/ "Eileen Chapman appointed to City Council; Forty-two year city resident takes the seat formerly held by Joe Woerner"], ''Asbury Park Sun'', May 26, 2016. Accessed July 14, 2016. "Eileen Chapman was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Asbury Park City Council Wednesday night. The vote by the council to appoint her was 4-0.... The seat became vacant April 30 after first-term Councilman Joe Woerner stepped down in order to focus on his family and the health of his son Michael. The term expires at the end of this year."</ref>

Myra Campbell, the last mayor under the old form of government, was the first African-American woman to be chosen as mayor when she took office in July 2013.<ref>Robbins, Christopher. [http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/07/asbury_park_makes_history_controversy_with_campbell_appointment.html "Asbury Park makes history, controversy with Campbell appointment to mayor"], [[NJ.com]], July 2, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2013. "During an occasionally tumultuous swearing-in ceremony, Asbury Park's new Council appointed Myra Campbell the city's first African-American female mayor.... However, yesterday re-elected incumbents John Loffredo and Susan Henderson joined Campbell in a 3-2 vote that found her former running mates in the minority."</ref>

====Fire department====
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[[File:APFD.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Asbury Park fire station]]
Beyond providing emergency services, the Asbury Park Fire Department works to prevent fires and accidents. Department responsibilities include fire code enforcement, arson investigations, as well as fire prevention activities and fire / life safety education programs for children, families, and seniors.

Asbury Park currently has a centrally located fire station (with a new one planned for the future), with one Engine Company, one Ladder Company, two Basic Life Support Ambulances, a fireboat, and a Duty Battalion Chief. The department's apparatus fleet includes three engines (including a spare), two ladder trucks (including a spare), one rescue truck, and two ambulances, in addition to other equipment. The Asbury Park Fire Department employs 53 certified Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technicians.<ref>[https://www.cityofasburypark.com/171/Fire-Department Fire Department], City of Asbury Park. Accessed May 15, 2024.</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Asbury Park 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], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 11th 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#11 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 7,404 registered voters in Asbury Park, of which 2,723 (36.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 464 (6.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 4,209 (56.8%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 8 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-monmouth-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Monmouth], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 2, 2012.</ref>

In the [[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2020 presidential election]], Democrat [[Joe Biden]] received 81.8% of the vote (4,767 votes), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] with 16.6% (968 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (91 cast), among the 5,826 votes cast by the city's 8,600 registered voters (183 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]) for a turnout of 70%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Monmouth County |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-monmouth.pdf |website=New Jersey Voter Information Portal Department of State, Division of Elections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 3, 2020 General Election Results Monmouth County |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-result-ballotscast-monmouth.pdf |website=New Jersey Voter Information Portal Department of State, Division of Elections}}</ref> In the [[2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2016 presidential election]], Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] received 82.1% (4,179 votes), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] with 14.7% (746 votes), and other candidates with 3.3% (167 votes), among the 5,092 votes cast by the city's 9,218 registered voters (268 ballot were spoiled) for a turnout of 58%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2016 |title=Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results Monmouth County |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-monmouth.pdf |website=New Jersey Voter Information Portal Department of State, Division of Elections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 8, 2016 General Election Results Monmouth County |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-ballotscast-results-monmouth.pdf |website=New Jersey Voter Information Portal Department of State, Division of Elections}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 89.1% of the vote (4,317 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 9.9% (480 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (49 votes), among the 4,896 ballots cast by the city's 8,486 registered voters (50 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 57.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-monmouth.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Monmouth 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-monmouth.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Monmouth 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 87.4% of the vote (4,693 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 9.7% (522 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (28 votes), among the 5,372 ballots cast by the city's 8,429 registered voters, for a turnout of 63.7%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-monmouth.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Monmouth County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 2, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 81.9% of the vote (3,659 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 17.0% (759 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (28 votes), among the 4,466 ballots cast by the city's 8,255 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 54.1.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_monmouth_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Monmouth County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 2, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 67.5% of the vote (1,488 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 30.9% (682 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (36 votes), among the 2,287 ballots cast by the city's 8,819 registered voters (81 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 25.9%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-monmouth.pdf |title=Governor - Monmouth 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-monmouth.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Monmouth 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 75.1% of the vote (1,728 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 19.1% (440 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 4.3% (100 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (9 votes), among the 2,301 ballots cast by the city's 7,692 registered voters, yielding a 29.9% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-monmouth.pdf 2009 Governor: Monmouth County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230351/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-monmouth.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 2, 2012.</ref>