Editing Lambertville, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
Lambertville is the only city in Hunterdon County, and describes itself as one of the smallest cities in the United States.<ref name=MayorCouncil/> It is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (small municipality)|Small Municipality]] form of government (Plan C), which is available only for municipalities with a population of under 12,000, and was implemented in Lambertville by direct petition as of January 1, 1983.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref> This form of government is used by 18 municipalities (of the 564) statewide and is available to municipalities with fewer than 12,000 residents at the time of adoption.<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 government comprises the mayor and the four-member city council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis in the November general elections. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a three-year term of office. Council members serve a term of three years, which are staggered so that two seats come up for election in two years in a three-year cycle, with the mayoral election in the third year.<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=14 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 14. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

The mayor exercises executive power; presides over the council with voice and vote, but has no veto power; appoints council committees; appoints the municipal clerk, attorney, tax assessor, tax collector and treasurer, all with council confirmation. The council exercises legislative power and approves the mayor's appointees.

{{As of|2023}}, Lambertville's mayor is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Andrew J. Nowick, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the city council are Bendetta Lambert (D, 2023), Karen Kominsky (D, 2025), Evan Lide (D, 2025) and Steven Stegman (D, 2023).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.lambertvillenj.org/government/mayor Mayor and Council Members], Borough of Lambertville. Accessed May 3, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.lambertvillenj.org/government/budgets/2023-1/1430-2023-introduced-budget/file#page=14 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Lambertville. Accessed May 3, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonPage>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/919/Lambertville-City City of Lambertville], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed February 4, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonDirectory>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/5487/2022-Hunterdon-County-and-Municipal-Officials-Directory-PDF#page=77 ''2022 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2022>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/9118/G2022-Official-SOV-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 8, 2022, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2021>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6226/2021-General-Election-Official-Results-by-Municipality-PDF November 2, 2021 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2020>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8592/2020-Official-General-Election-Results-Municipality-PDF November 3, 2020 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In December 2019, the council selected Madeline Urbish to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that Elaine Warner had held until she resigned earlier that month.<ref>[[David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]]. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/section-2/maddy-urbish-takes-lambertville-council-seat/ "Maddy Urbish takes Lambertville council seat Ex-Murphy aide replaces Elaine Warner"], New Jersey Globe, December 19, 2019. Accessed May 6, 2020. "Madeline Urbish, a former aide to Gov. Phil Murphy and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman was sworn in tonight as a Lambertville councilwoman. Urbish replaces Elaine Warner, who retired after nine years as a councilwoman and nine years as a school board member. Lambertville Democrats selected Urbish to fill the vacant seat."</ref>

In November 2018, the city council appointed Julia Taylor to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that became vacant following the resignation the previous month of Steven M. Stegman, who left office to focus on family issues.<ref>Seymour, Kara. [https://patch.com/pennsylvania/newhope-lambertville/lambertville-city-council-president-resigns "ambertville City Council President Resigns Steve Stegman cited his need to devote his energy to family obligations."], New Hope-Lambertville, PA Patch, October 25, 2018. Accessed November 20, 2019. "The president of Lambertville City Council has resigned. Steve Stegman cited his need to devote his energy to family obligations."</ref><ref>[https://www.lambertvillenj.org/julietaylor Julia Taylor], City of Lambertville. Accessed November 20, 2019. "Julia Taylor was appointed to fill an open City Council seat in November 2018 and will be running for a full term in 2019."</ref>

In the 2020 City Council primary elections, incumbents Asaro and Urbish lost to Democratic challengers Stegman and Benedetta Lambert, who went on to win in the general election on November 3.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=City of Lambertville Governing Body Meeting Agenda - January 5th 2021|url=https://lambertvillenj.org/government/meeting-documents/2021/2021-agendas-mayor-council/592-01-05-2021-mayor-council-agenda/file|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

On January 19, 2021, the Borough of Flemington canceled the service agreement to share Business Administrators with Lambertville.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flemington Introduces Ordinance to Hire its Own Business Administrator|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/flemington-slash-raritan/articles/flemington-introduces-ordinance-to-hire-its-own-business-administrator|access-date=2021-01-22|website=TAPinto|language=en}}</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Lambertville is in the 7th 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 the 15th 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#15 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were 3,053 registered voters in Lambertville, of whom 1,395 (45.7%) were registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 569 (18.6%) were registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,087 (35.6%) were [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. Two voters were registered as either [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hunterdon-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hunterdon], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 15, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 71.8% of the vote (1,684), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]]'s 26.7% (627), and other candidates' 1.5% (35), among the 2,361 ballots cast by the city's 3,296 registered voters (15 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 71.6%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hunterdon.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hunterdon 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-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hunterdon 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]], Obama received 71.1% of the vote (1,744), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]]'s 26.8% (658) and other candidates' 1.4% (35), among the 2,453 ballots cast by the city's 3,099 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.2%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hunterdon.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 15, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 68.1% of the vote (1,495), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]]'s 30.8% (677) and other candidates' 0.5% (15), among the 2,195 ballots cast by the city's 2,738 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.2%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hunterdon_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 15, 2012.</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 54.7% of the vote (798), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]]'s 43.4% (633), and other candidates' 2.0% (29), among the 1,501 ballots cast by the city's 3,231 registered voters (41 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.5%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hunterdon.pdf |title=Governor - Hunterdon 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-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hunterdon 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]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 59.5% of the vote (1,068), ahead of Christie's 31.2% (560), Independent [[Chris Daggett]]'s 6.6% (118) and other candidates' 0.7% (12), among the 1,795 ballots cast by the city's 3,036 registered voters, yielding a 59.1% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf 2009 Governor: Hunterdon County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230346/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 15, 2012.</ref>