Editing Oxford Township, New Jersey (section)

== Government ==
=== Local government ===
Oxford 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 Township Committee is comprised of three members, who 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 held during the first week of January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another to serve as Deputy Mayor.

{{As of|2022}}, members of the Oxford Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Gerald S. Norton ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2022), Deputy Mayor Georgette Miller (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2022) and Linda Koufodonetes (R, 2023; elected to serve an unexpired term).<ref name=Directory>[https://oxfordtwpnj.org/index.php/about-oxford-township-2/ Township Directory], Oxford Township. Accessed March 2, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://oxfordtwpnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-5-2022-minutes.pdf Reorganization Meeting Minutes for January 5, 2022], Township of Oxford. Accessed March 2, 2022. "Richard Wenner swore in Gerald Norton as Mayor for 2022.... Richard Wenner swore in Georgette Miller as Deputy Mayor for 2021."</ref><ref>[https://oxfordtwpnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-Signed-Municipality-Budget-for-Oxford-Township.pdf#page=14 2021 Municipal Data Sheet], Oxford Township. Accessed March 2, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2021>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/3284/637729175316070000 Summary Results Report 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2020>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2484/637648299297000000 Warren County 2020 General Election November 20, 2020 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Warren2019>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2470/637642013517370000 General Election November 5, 2019, Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

In August 2021, the committee selected Linda Koufodontes to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Robert Nyland until he resigned from office. Koufodontes served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when she was chosen to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Warren2021/><ref>[https://oxfordtwpnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/JULY-7TH-2021-OXFORD-TOWNSHIP-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf July 7, 2021 Council Meeting Minutes], Oxford Township. Accessed October 27, 2021. "Bob Nyland submitted and read his letter of resignation from the Township Committee effective August 1, 2021."</ref><ref>[https://oxfordtwpnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AUGUST-4TH-2021-OXFORD-TOWNSHIP-MEETING-MINUTES.pdf August 4, 2021 Council Meeting Minutes], Oxford Township. Accessed October 27, 2021. "Georgette Miller moved to nominate Linda Koufodontes as Committee Member. Seconded by Mayor Norton and passed unanimously on roll call vote. Ayes: 2, Nays: 0, Abstain: 0, Absent: 0. Swearing in of new Committee Member: Rich Wenner swore in Linda Koufodontes as Committee Member."</ref>

After committee member Keith Gibbons resigned in July 2014 in the wake of harassment claims,<ref>Sieger, Edward. [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/07/oxford_township_committeeman_r.html "Oxford Township committeeman resigns amid harassment allegations"], ''[[The Express-Times]]'', July 21, 2014. Accessed April 5, 2015. "Oxford Township Committeeman Keith Gibbons said his decision to resign was all but made earlier this summer. But the township's handling of harassment allegations leveled against him by employees at Oxford Furnace Lake sealed the deal, he said."</ref> Mayor Jade White and committee member Jim Williams resigned in August 2014 after realizing that Williams should have been up for election the previous November following his appointment to office. This left the township with no serving council members.<ref>Cummins, Emily. [http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/08/no_candidates_and_no_committee.html Oxford officials resign, leaving all Township Committee seats vacant"], ''[[The Warren Reporter]]'', August 26, 2014. Accessed April 8, 2015. "Following the discovery that Committeeman Jim Williams, who was appointed to Oxford Township Committee in June 2013, should have run for the position last November, Williams and Mayor Jade White have stepped down from their positions. Already one member short after Committeeman Keith Gibbons resigned in July, the three-person committee is now entirely vacant, with no candidates on the ballot for November, according to Warren County Democratic Committee Chair Tom Palmieri."</ref> In September 2014, Governor [[Chris Christie]] appointed Democrat Bill Bray and Republicans Marck Pasquini and Bill Ryan to fill the three vacant seats on an interim basis until the November 2014 general election, with the committee selecting Pasquini as mayor and Ryan as deputy mayor.<ref>Cummins, Emily. [http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/10/newly_appointed_oxford_twp_com_1.html "Newly appointed Oxford Twp. Committee tackles OxWall cleanup"], ''[[The Warren Reporter]]'', October 2, 2014. Accessed April 8, 2015. "The governor's office announced that Christie appointed two Republicans, Marc Pasquini and Bill Ryan, and a Democrat, Bill Bray, on Thursday, Sept. 24, after the resignations of all three committeemen this summer.... Nominated by Ryan, the committee voted unanimously for Pasquini to serve as mayor during the temporary term and Pasquini in turn nominated Ryan to serve as deputy mayor, which was also approved unanimously."</ref> In the November 2014 general election, Ryan was elected to serve the balance of the term expiring in December 2016.<ref name=Warren2014>[http://www.co.warren.nj.us/Elections/includings/2014_General_Final_Summary_with_Write_ins.pdf General Election November 4, 2014 Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey]], updated November 10, 2014. Accessed August 7, 2016.</ref>

=== Federal, state, and county representation ===
Oxford Township is located in the 7th 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 23rd state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2023>[https://pub.njleg.gov/publications/pdf/2023-NJ-Leg-District-Map.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2023-2031 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed September 1, 2023.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 1,464 registered voters in Oxford Township, of which 338 (23.1% vs. 21.5% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 555 (37.9% vs. 35.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 569 (38.9% vs. 43.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were two voters registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-warren-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Warren], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref> Among the township's 2010 Census population, 58.2% (vs. 62.3% in Warren County) were registered to vote, including 76.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 81.5% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 591 votes (57.4% vs. 56.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 403 votes (39.1% vs. 40.8%) and other candidates with 20 votes (1.9% vs. 1.7%), among the 1,030 ballots cast by the township's 1,495 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.9% (vs. 66.7% in Warren County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-warren.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Warren County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118065243/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-warren.pdf |date=January 18, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-warren.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Warren County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118065245/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-warren.pdf |date=January 18, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 662 votes (58.0% vs. 55.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 417 votes (36.5% vs. 41.4%) and other candidates with 22 votes (1.9% vs. 1.6%), among the 1,142 ballots cast by the township's 1,517 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.3% (vs. 73.4% in Warren County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-warren.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Warren County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 698 votes (63.1% vs. 61.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 379 votes (34.3% vs. 37.2%) and other candidates with 19 votes (1.7% vs. 1.3%), among the 1,106 ballots cast by the township's 1,443 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.6% (vs. 76.3% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_warren_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Warren County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 73.6% of the vote (514 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 24.2% (169 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (15 votes), among the 725 ballots cast by the township's 1,516 registered voters (27 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 47.8%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-warren.pdf |title=Governor - Warren 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-warren.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Warren 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 503 votes (64.0% vs. 61.3% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 176 votes (22.4% vs. 25.7%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 83 votes (10.6% vs. 9.8%) and other candidates with 12 votes (1.5% vs. 1.5%), among the 786 ballots cast by the township's 1,468 registered voters, yielding a 53.5% turnout (vs. 49.6% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-warren.pdf 2009 Governor: Warren County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230758/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-warren.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2013.</ref>