Editing Deal, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Deal is governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of government.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 94.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"], p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</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 borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the [[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> The governing body consists of three commissioners, who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis to serve concurrent four-year terms of office as part of the May municipal election. Each commissioner is assigned a department to administer and oversee; the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.

{{As of|2025}}, members of the Deal Committee are 
Mayor Samuel M. Cohen (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Jack A. Kassin (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance) and 
David Simhon (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property), all serving concurrent terms of office ending May 15, 2028.<ref name=Administration>[https://www.dealborough.com/departments/administration/ Administration], Borough of Deal. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.dealborough.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Deal-Budget.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Deal. Accessed January 27, 2025.</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. "In the race for three Deal Board of Commissioner seats, Mayor Samuel Cohen (241), Commissioner David Simhon (242), and newcomer Jack Kassin (232) easily defeated challengers Isaac Chehebar (79), Albert Dweck (49), and Samuel Ashkinazie (46) by a 3-1 margin."</ref>

Mayor Harry Franco, who had first been elected as a commissioner, died on January 30, 2013.<ref>Loder, Stephanie. [http://www.app.com/article/20130131/NJNEWS/301310136/Deal-Mayor-Harry-Franco-79-dies-following-illness "Deal Mayor Harry Franco, 79, dies following illness"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 1, 2013. Accessed March 6, 2013. "Harry I. Franco, the borough's 13th mayor, died Wednesday following an illness. He was 79. Last year, Franco was re-elected to the borough's Board of Commissioners and then selected by commissioners to be mayor."</ref>