Editing Newfield, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
Newfield 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 a mayor and a 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. 24.</ref> The borough form of government used by Newfield 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 Newfield Borough is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Charles Grova Jr., whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.newfieldborough.org/mayor/ Mayor], Borough of Newfield. Accessed July 31, 2022.</ref> Members of the Newfield Borough Council are Council President Michael Carrow (R, 2026), Thomas D. Corwonski ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2025), Joseph Curcoio III (D, 2026), Jennifer Marandino (2025), Scott C. Miller (D, 2027) and Christina Renzi (R, 2027).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.newfieldborough.org/mayor-council/ Mayor & Council], Borough of Newfield. Accessed January 25, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.newfieldborough.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Newfield-2024-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Newfield. Accessed January 25, 2025.</ref><ref name=GloucesterDirectory>[https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7330/2024-Directory?bidId= ''Gloucester County 2024 Official Directory''], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/122580/web.345435/#/summary General Election November 5, 2024 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/118787/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], November 20, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/115746/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

Resident committees were formed in September 2013, which announced that they would mount a petition drive to recall council members Michael Carrow and Everett Marshall III, in the wake of a conflict between the borough council and the volunteer fire department, in which the council passed an ordinance giving the borough control over the fire department and in response the fire company threatened to close in October if the ordinance wasn't overturned.<ref>Romalino, Carly Q. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/10/newfield_residents_take_shots_to_unseat_councilmen_mike_carrow_everett_marshall_in_fire_department_f.html "Newfield residents start recall petition to unseat councilmen in fire department feud"], ''[[South Jersey Times]]'', October 12, 2013. Accessed October 25, 2013. "Residents have launched a campaign to force borough councilman Everett Marshall III and council president Michael Carrow from their posts in light of the council vs. volunteer fire company feud that's raged on for more than three years.... In the last two months, both parties have continued to squabble in court over an ordinance that transferred control of the fire company's membership to borough council.The volunteer squad had given the borough an ultimatum — drop allegations against the chief by Oct. 12, or the fire company closes."</ref>

In January 2015, the borough council selected Stephen Boyle from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacant council seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Donald Sullivan until he took office as mayor.<ref>Pritchett, Kristina. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2015/01/newfield_officials_swear_in_new_mayor_council_members_during_boroughs_reorganization_meeting.html "Newfield officials swear in new mayor, council members during borough's reorganization meeting"], ''[[South Jersey Times]]'', January 7, 2015. Accessed July 6, 2016. "Boyle was chosen by the council out of three nominations from the Newfield Republican Committee to fill the empty council seat. Boyle was unanimously approved by the board, minus council member Anna Miller who was not at the meeting."</ref> In the November 2015 general election, Boyle was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Gloucester2015>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/57806/157014/Web01/en/summary.html General Election November 3, 2015 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 9, 2015. Accessed July 5, 2016.</ref>

In August 2019, Christina Pierce was appointed by the borough council to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Patricia M. Purdy.<ref>[https://www.newfieldborough.org/public-safety/ Christina Pierce], Borough of Newfield. Accessed May 12, 2020. "Councilwoman Christina Pierce was appointed to Borough Council in August 2019 to fill a vacated seat."</ref> In the November 2019 general election, Pierce was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Gloucester2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/98377/web/#/summary General Election November 5, 2019 Summary Report Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Newfield is located in the 2nd 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 3rd 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#3 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 1,139 registered voters in Newfield, of which 514 (45.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 245 (21.5%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 380 (33.4%) 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-gloucester-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Gloucester], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 49.9% of the vote (405 votes), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 47.8% (388 votes), and other candidates with 2.2% (18 votes), among the 811 ballots cast by the borough's 1,154 registered voters (9 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 70.3%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-gloucester.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Gloucester 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-gloucester.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Gloucester 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 48.9% of the vote (434 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 48.0% (426 votes) and other candidates with 1.9% (17 votes), among the 887 ballots cast by the borough's 1,185 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.9%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-gloucester.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Gloucester County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 50.5% of the vote (442 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 47.8% (418 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (8 votes), among the 875 ballots cast by the borough's 1,214 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 72.1.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_gloucester_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Gloucester County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 66.8% of the vote (362 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 32.3% (175 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (5 votes), among the 562 ballots cast by the borough's 1,141 registered voters (20 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 49.3%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-gloucester.pdf |title=Governor - Gloucester 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-gloucester.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Gloucester 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 44.4% of the vote (283 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 40.8% (260 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 10.2% (65 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (7 votes), among the 637 ballots cast by the borough's 1,176 registered voters, yielding a 54.2% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-gloucester.pdf 2009 Governor: Gloucester County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230428/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-gloucester.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>