Editing Raritan Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Raritan Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the Township form.<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 five 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 either one or two seats 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. The mayor presides at Township Committee meetings and votes as a member of the committee, but has no other special powers under the township form of government law. All legislative and executive powers, including the power of appointments, are exercised by the committee as a whole.<ref>[https://www.raritan-township.com/index.asp?SEC=CC5FBF82-D696-4D4F-8A57-525245EEDFF9&Type=B_BASIC Township Form of Government NJSA 40A:63-1], Raritan Township. Accessed November 20, 2019. "The governing body is a Township Committee of five members who are elected for three-year staggered terms in partisan elections from the Township at large. There is an election of at least one member every year. The mayor is elected by the Township Committee for a one year term."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the members of the Raritan Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Bob King ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2025; term as mayor ends December 31, 2025), Deputy Mayor Bradford Perry (R, term on committee ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2025), Robyn Fatooh (R, 2026), Scott R. MacDade (R, 2025) and Scott Sipos (R, 2027).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.raritan-township.com/government/mayor Township Committee], Township of Raritan. Accessed April 19, 2025. "Raritan Township has the Township form of government which, designed to parallel the New England Township Meeting, is one of the oldest forms of government in New Jersey. The governing body is a Township Committee of five members who are elected for three-year staggered terms in partisan elections from the Township at large. There is an election of at least one member every year. The mayor is elected by the Township Committee for a one year term."</ref>

In June 2022, Jeff Kuhl resigned from the seat he had held expiring in December 2024 in order to fill a vacant seat on the [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of County Commissioners]].<ref>Deak, Mike. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/hunterdon-county/2022/06/11/hunterdon-county-nj-taps-familiar-face-commissioner-vacancy/7569458001/ "Hunterdon County taps familiar face for commissioner vacancy"], ''[[Courier News]]'', June 11, 2022. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Jeff Kuhl, a former Raritan Township mayor, has taken the vacancy on the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners created by the resignation of longtime Commissioner Matt Holt."</ref> The Township Committee appointed Bob King to fill Kuhl's vacant committee seat; King served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when voters chose King to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Barth, Tyler. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/flemington-slash-raritan/sections/government/articles/raritan-township-committee-appoints-bob-king-to-vacant-seat "Raritan Township Committee Appoints Bob King to Vacant Seat"], TAP into Flemington / Raritan, July 5, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2022. "The Raritan Township Committee chose Bob King to fill the vacancy left by now-county commissioner Jeff Kuhl during the June 21 meeting. King was selected by the committee and sworn in to replace Kuhl, who was selected to take over a vacancy on the county board of commissioners in late May."</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Blumberg |first1=Audrey |title=The Winners for Seats on the Raritan Township Committee Are … |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/flemington-slash-raritan/sections/elections/articles/the-winners-for-seats-on-the-raritan-township-committee-are |website=TAPinto Flemington / Raritan |publisher=TAP IP LLC |access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>