Editing Fair Haven, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
Fair Haven is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<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 the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year 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. 63.</ref> The borough form of government used by Fair Haven is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the [[mayor]] of the Borough of Fair Haven is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Joshua Halpern, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.fairhavennj.org/mayors-page Mayor's Page], Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed January 27, 2025.</ref> Members of the Fair Haven Borough Council are Council President Elizabeth M. "Betsy" Koch (R, 2027), Tracey Cole (R, 2027), Michal DiMiceli ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2026), Kristen Hoey (R, 2025), Andrew "Drew" LaBarbera (R, 2025) and Brian Olson (R, 2026).<ref>[https://www.fairhavennj.org/mayor-council Mayor and Council], Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed January 27, 2025. "The Governing Body consists of the Mayor and six Councilmembers, all of whom shall be elected at large in the Borough and take office in the manner provided by law. Their term of office shall commence January 1st next following their election. The Mayor and Councilmembers shall have the duties and responsibilities as provided by N.J.S.A. 40A:60-1 et seq., as may be amended, and other applicable provisions of law."</ref><ref>[https://www.fairhavennj.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4411/f/uploads/2024_municipal_budget_-_adopted.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed January 27, 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=Monmouth2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/119047/web.317647/#/summary November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.</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 February 2017, the borough council selected Christopher Rodriguez from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Aimee Humphreys until she resigned from office as she was moving out of the borough; Rodriguez serve until the November 2017 general election, when he was elected to serve the two-month balance of the term and to fill a new three-year term.<ref>Burton, John. [http://tworivertimes.com/new-member-joins-fair-haven-council-2/ "New Member Joins Fair Haven Council"], ''The Two River Times'', April 6, 2017. Accessed April 7, 2017. "With the departure of Democratic Councilwoman Aimee Humphreys from the six-member governing body, the council has selected Christopher Rodriguez to fill her seat."</ref><ref name=Monmouth2017>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/71879/Web02/ General Election November 7, 2017 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 17, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2018.</ref>

Benjamin Lucarelli was chosen as mayor in February 2012 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Mike Halfacre]], and who left office to take a position in the [[New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control]],<ref>Hosseini, Zach. [http://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases12/pr20120210a.html Michael I. Halfacre Named Director of New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control], [[New Jersey Attorney General]], February 10, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2012. "Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced the appointment of Michael I. Halfacre as Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)."</ref><ref>Higgs, Larry. [http://www.fairhavennj.org/press/read/4109809d "Fair Haven Council Selects New Mayor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520073533/http://www.fairhavennj.org/press/read/4109809d |date=2012-05-20 }}, Borough of Fair Haven, February 21, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2012. "The Borough Council elected Benjamin Lucarelli Monday night from three nominees submitted by the local Republican committee to replace Michael Halfacre as mayor.... The Republican municipal committee had submitted the names of three mayoral candidates to the council — Peters, Lucarelli and Andrew Troccha, a former GOP committee chairman — to replace Halfacre, who resigned on Jan. 26 after he was nominated to head the state Division of Alcohol Beverages by Gov. Chris Christie."</ref> with Eric R. Jaeger in turn chosen in March 2012 to fill Lucarelli's vacancy on the borough council.<ref>Bitterly, Alison. [http://www.fairhavennj.org/press/read/81fe41da "Eric Jaeger Fills FH Councilman Slot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519124625/http://www.fairhavennj.org/press/read/81fe41da |date=2012-05-19 }}, ''Two River Times'', March 26, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2012. "During a regular meeting of the governing body March 12, Eric Jaeger was sworn in as the borough's newest council member.... He will be filling the seat recently vacated by now-Mayor Rasoleen Amelia."</ref>

Fair Haven was a participating municipality in an initiative to study regionalization of their municipal police force with one or more municipalities. The borough received a grant from the [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]] in the amount of $40,950 along with the Boroughs of [[Rumson, New Jersey|Rumson]], [[Little Silver, New Jersey|Little Silver]], [[Oceanport, New Jersey|Oceanport]] and [[Shrewsbury, New Jersey|Shrewsbury]] to hire professional consultants to conduct the study on their behalf. A report was prepared that proposed that on or about July 1, 2009, Fair Haven would close and move their Police, Fire and EMS dispatching over to [[Little Silver, New Jersey|Little Silver]]. After deadlines to begin this operation were missed, dispatching of police and emergency services would be handled by the [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]] Sheriff's office by October 1, 2009.<ref>[http://www.fairhavennj.org/html/PressReleaseDetails.asp?PressIDReq=25471455-19c4-4aeb-b46c-273e74d7e733 Monmouth County to Dispatch Fair Haven Police] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128161626/http://www.fairhavennj.org/html/PressReleaseDetails.asp?PressIDReq=25471455-19c4-4aeb-b46c-273e74d7e733 |date=2009-11-28 }}, Borough of Fair Haven. Accessed October 20, 2009.</ref> The proposal to consolidate services with Little Silver was presented to and rejected by the voters.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Fair Haven is located in the 6th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2022>[https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf 2022 Redistricting Plan], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 13th 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#13 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

Prior to the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment|2011 reapportionment]] following the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], Fair Haven had been in the [[New Jersey's 12th legislative district|12th state legislative district]].<ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=57 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059/http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=57 |date=2013-06-04 }}, p. 57, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref> Prior to the 2010 Census, Fair Haven had been part of the {{ushr|NJ|12|12th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name=LWV2011/>

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===Politics===
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 4,201 registered voters in Fair Haven, of which 1,049 (25.0%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,286 (30.6%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,865 (44.4%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was one voter registered to another party.<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 3, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 53.7% of the vote (1,679 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 45.1% (1,411 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (37 votes), among the 3,141 ballots cast by the borough's 4,379 registered voters (14 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 71.7%.<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 50.5% of the vote (1,765 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 47.6% (1,664 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (33 votes), among the 3,498 ballots cast by the borough's 4,343 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.5%.<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 3, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 51.8% of the vote (1,765 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 47.1% (1,604 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (27 votes), among the 3,407 ballots cast by the borough's 4,184 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 81.4.<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 3, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 68.7% of the vote (1,275 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 29.5% (547 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (33 votes), among the 1,873 ballots cast by the borough's 4,362 registered voters (18 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 42.9%.<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]], Republican Chris Christie received 58.8% of the vote (1,459 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 32.9% (817 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 7.2% (178 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (14 votes), among the 2,480 ballots cast by the borough's 4,238 registered voters, yielding a 58.5% 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=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2012.</ref>