Editing Loch Arbour, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
Since 2011, the Loch Arbour has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of government. The village is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this [[City commission government|commission 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><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><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> The governing body is comprised of a Board of Commissioners, whose three members are chosen by the voters [[at-large]] on a [[Non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis to serve concurrent three-year terms of office as part of the May municipal election. At a reorganization meeting held after each election, each commissioner is assigned a department to oversee and administer, and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor and another as deputy mayor.<ref name=Form/> In December 2011, residents voted to switch from the Village form to the current Walsh Act form of government.<ref name=APP2011/>

{{As of|2025}}, members of Loch Arbour's Board of Trustees are 
Mayor Saul M. Tawil (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), 
Deputy Mayor Jack D. Hedaya (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property) and 
Jason Elo (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office ending May 31, 2028.<ref name=Commissioners>[https://www.locharbournj.us/board-commissioners Board of Commissioners], Village of Loch Arbour. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.locharbournj.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif5551/f/uploads/2024_adopted_budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Village of Loch Arbour. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.locharbournj.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif5551/f/minutes/minutes_sine_die_reorganization_meeting_-board_of_commissioners_6.5.2024.pdf Board of Commissioners Reorganization Meeting Minutes for June 5, 2024], Village of Loch Arbour. Accessed December 13, 2024. "Department of Public Affairs and Public Safety – Mayor Saul Tawil... Department of Revenue and Finance – Commissioner Hedaya... Department of Public Works, Public Property and Beaches – Commissioner Elo"</ref><ref>[https://www.locharbournj.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif5551/f/uploads/2023_budget_-_intro.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Village of Loch Arbour. Accessed April 30, 2023.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/121673/web.317647/#/summary May 14, 2024 Municipal Elections - Allenhurst, Deal, Keansburg and Loch Arbour Unofficial Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated June 3, 2024. Accessed July 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[[David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]]. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/allenhurst-incumbents-ousted-deal-and-keansburg-incumbents-win-in-landslide/ "Allenhurst Incumbents Ousted; Deal And Keansburg Incumbents Win In Landslide"], [[New Jersey Globe]], May 15, 2024. Accessed July 1, 2024. "Jack Hedaya (105), Paul Fernicola (65), and Jason Elo (105) were unopposed for three Loch Arbour Village Commission seats, but there were 220 write-in votes cast."</ref><ref>[[David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]]. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/challenge-to-loch-arbour-election-dismissed/ "Challenge to Loch Arbour election dismissed"], [[New Jersey Globe]], July 17, 2024. Accessed December 13, 2024. "Incumbents Jack Hedaya (114) and Jason Elo (113) won new terms, but the third seat was captured by Tawil.  With 104 votes, Tawil defeated Fernicola (69), whose name remained on the ballot, Jeffrey Schwartz (62), and two former commissioners, Alfred Cheswick (61) and Denis D’Angelo (2)."</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Loch Arbour 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 160 registered voters in Loch Arbour, of which 54 (33.8%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 42 (26.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 64 (40.0%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered to other parties.<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 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 56.7% of the vote (68 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 42.5% (51 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (1 vote), among the 121 ballots cast by the village's 164 registered voters (1 ballot was [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 73.8%.<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]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 51.4% of the vote (73 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 47.2% (67 votes) and other candidates with 1.4% (2 votes), among the 142 ballots cast by the village's 186 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.3%.<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 5, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 57.6% of the vote (106 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 40.2% (74 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (2 votes), among the 184 ballots cast by the village's 231 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 79.7.<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 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 65.1% of the vote (54 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 33.7% (28 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (1 vote), among the 85 ballots cast by the village's 166 registered voters (2 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 51.2%.<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 62.0% of the vote (75 ballots cast), ahead of  Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 24.8% (30 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 11.6% (14 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (1 votes), among the 121 ballots cast by the village's 168 registered voters, yielding a 72.0% 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 5, 2012.</ref>