Editing Alexandria Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Alexandria Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<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 comprised of a five-member Township Committee, whose members are elected directly by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one seat coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 103.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=7 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as mayor and another as deputy mayor.

In the November 2020 general election, voters approved a ballot question that asked if they wanted to expand the township committee from three members to five.<ref name=Hunterdon2020>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8592/2020-Official-General-Election-Results-Municipality-PDF November 3, 2020 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.alexandrianj.gov/vertical/sites/%7B46EFA2B3-F59D-4061-8369-99931569FA41%7D/uploads/June_10__2020_Minutes.pdf Township Committee Meeting Minutes for June 10, 2020], Alexandria Township. Accessed May 4, 2022. "The Township Clerk shall send this resolution and the following question to the Hunterdon County Clerk to be placed upon the ballot in November in the following form, which is the form of question required at N.J.S.A. 40A:63-3 (c): 'Shall the membership of the Township Committee of the Township of Alexandria be increased from three to five members?'"</ref> In November 2021, voters chose two candidates to serve three-year terms and one to serve a two-year term, so that there were five members elected to the Township Committee starting in January 2022.<ref name=Hunterdon2021/>

{{As of|2024}}, members of the Alexandria Township Committee are [[Mayor]] James Kiernan ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term as mayor ends December 31, 2026; term as mayor ends 2024), Deputy Mayor Jay M. Arancio (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2024), Tom Hudanish (R, 2025), Robert Mortara (R, 2026) and Rudolph C. "Chris" Pfefferle (R, 2024).<ref name=Directory>[https://www.alexandrianj.gov/government/mayor Mayor and Township Committee], Township of Alexandria. Accessed October 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=Budget>[https://www.alexandrianj.gov/forms-documents/forms/financial-documents/2024/339-2024-alexandria-township-adopted-budget/file#page=17 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Alexandria Township. Accessed October 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=HunterdonPage>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/883/Alexandria-Township Township of Alexandria], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed October 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=HunterdonDirectory>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/13706/2023-County-Directory?bidId=#page=44 ''2023 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed October 10, 2024.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2023>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/13515/2023-General-Election-Official-Results-PDF?bidId= 2023 Official Statement of Results General Election November 7, 2023], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], November 17, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2022>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/9118/G2022-Official-SOV-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 8, 2022, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2021>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6226/2021-General-Election-Official-Results-by-Municipality-PDF November 2, 2021 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In September 2015, the Township Committee selected Michelle Garay from three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Harry Swift until his death in office earlier that month.<ref>[http://www.alexandrianj.gov/vertical/sites/{46EFA2B3-F59D-4061-8369-99931569FA41}/uploads/Sept._9_2015_TC_Minutes_.pdf Alexandria Township Committee Meeting Minutes September 9, 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106151233/http://www.alexandrianj.gov/vertical/sites/%7B46EFA2B3-F59D-4061-8369-99931569FA41%7D/uploads/Sept._9_2015_TC_Minutes_.pdf |date=November 6, 2016 }}, Alexandria Township. Accessed July 7, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.alexandrianj.gov/vertical/sites/{46EFA2B3-F59D-4061-8369-99931569FA41}/uploads/September_28_2015_TC_Minutes.pdf Alexandria Township Special Committee Meeting Minutes September 28, 2015], Alexandria Township. Accessed July 7, 2016. "Comm. Pfefferle made a motion, seconded by Mayor Abraham to nominate Michelle Garay for Township Committee. ROLL CALL: Comm. Pfefferle; yes, Mayor Abraham, yes."</ref><ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2015/09/michelle_garay_sworn_in_as_alexandria_township_com.html "Michelle Garay sworn in as Alexandria Township Committeewoman"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 30, 2015. Accessed July 7, 2016. "Michelle Garay is sworn in as an Alexandria Township Committeewoman by township clerk Michelle Bobrowski as she replaces recently deceased Committeeman Harry Swift."</ref>

Christian Pfefferle took office in November 2014 after running unopposed to fill the 14 months remaining in the term of the seat that had been vacated by Gabe Plummer when he resigned after he had moved outside of the township in January 2014; Curtis Schick had filled the seat on an interim basis.<ref>Epstein, Rick. [http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2014/11/pfefferle_sworn_in_as_alexandr_1.html "Pfefferle sworn in as Alexandria Township committeeman"], ''[[Hunterdon County Democrat]]'', November 10, 2014. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Christian Pfefferle has taken office as the township's newest township committeeman.He fills a seat that had been vacated last January when Gabe Plumer resigned because he had moved to Clinton."</ref>