Editing Manasquan, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[Image:ManasquanBoroughHallByLuigiNovi1-9.24.06.jpg|thumb|250x200px|Manasquan Borough Hall, at the intersection of Main Street and Union Avenue]]
Manasquan 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 consists of 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. 53.</ref> The borough form of government used by Manasquan 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 the Borough of Manasquan is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Michael W. Mangan, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Borough Council are Bruce D. Bresnahan ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 2025), Jason A. "Jay" Bryant (D, 2026), Brian G. Holly (R, 2027), Gregg Olivera (R, 2025), Lori A. Triggiano (R, 2027) and Sheila Vidreiro (D, 2026).<ref name=Council>[https://www.manasquan-nj.gov/mayor-council Mayor & Council], Borough of Manasquan. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.manasquan-nj.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif831/f/uploads/2024_budget_introduced.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Manasquan. Accessed January 29, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/122857/web.345435/#/summary November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/119047/web.317647/#/summary November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/116246/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

At the January 2017 reorganization meeting, Joseph Bossone was chosen on an interim basis to fill the three-year seat expiring in December 2019 that Owen McCarthy had been elected to in November 2016 until he resigned from office after being confirmed by the state senate to take a position as a Monmouth County judge; Bossone served on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>[http://www.manasquan-nj.com/council_agendas/2017/tc-agenda-010317.pdf Reorganization Meeting Agenda January 3, 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329051018/http://www.manasquan-nj.com/council_agendas/2017/tc-agenda-010317.pdf |date=March 29, 2017 }}, Borough of Manasquan. Accessed March 28, 2017. "Swearing In Ceremonies: Council: Richard Read – Three Year Term; Joseph Bossone - One Year Term (to fill vacancy)"</ref><ref>[http://www.connellfoley.com/content/news/connell-foley’s-owen-mccarthy-appointed-judiciary "Connell Foley's Owen McCarthy Appointed to Judiciary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523024907/http://www.connellfoley.com/content/news/connell-foley%E2%80%99s-owen-mccarthy-appointed-judiciary |date=2017-05-23 }}, Connell Foley, November 17, 2016. Accessed March 28, 2017. "Connell Foley LLP is proud to announce that partner Owen C. McCarthy has been appointed as a judge to the New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division. Mr. McCarthy was nominated by Governor Chris Christie on October 20, 2016 and unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on November 14, 2016. He will be assigned to the Monmouth County Civil Division.... He is one of only a handful of individuals within the state to have been elected to public office in two separate counties, serving as Council President in Manasquan, Monmouth County and Deputy Mayor in Fair Lawn, Bergen County."</ref><ref name=Monmouth2017>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Monmouth/71879/Web02/ General Election November 7, 2017 Official Results], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 17, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2018.</ref>

In January 2016, the borough council appointed Richard Read to fill the council seat expiring in December 2016 that became vacant when Edward Donovan was sworn in as mayor.<ref>[http://www.manasquan-nj.com/council_agendas/2016/BC_minutes_012716_special.pdf Special Meeting Minutes January 27, 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807014216/http://www.manasquan-nj.com/council_agendas/2016/BC_minutes_012716_special.pdf |date=August 7, 2016 }}, Borough of Manasquan. Accessed July 18, 2016.</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Manasquan is located in the 4th 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 10th state legislative district.<ref>[https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ Districts by Number for 2023-2031], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

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===Politics===
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 4,277 registered voters in Manasquan, of which 956 (22.4%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,271 (29.7%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 2,047 (47.9%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were three voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-monmouth-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Monmouth], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 59.7% of the vote (1,826 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 39.3% (1,201 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (32 votes), among the 3,080 ballots cast by the borough's 4,350 registered voters (21 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 70.8%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-monmouth.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Monmouth 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-monmouth.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Monmouth 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 56.8% of the vote (1,943 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.1% (1,406 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (33 votes), among the 3,420 ballots cast by the borough's 4,384 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.0%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-monmouth.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Monmouth County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 5, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 62.2% of the vote (2,136 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 36.0% (1,237 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (46 votes), among the 3,434 ballots cast by the borough's 4,452 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 77.1.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_monmouth_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Monmouth County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 5, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 76.2% of the vote (1,872 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 22.3% (549 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (36 votes), among the 2,504 ballots cast by the borough's 4,378 registered voters (47 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 57.2%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-monmouth.pdf |title=Governor - Monmouth 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-monmouth.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Monmouth 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 65.6% of the vote (1,695 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 26.1% (674 votes), [[Independent politician|Independent]] [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.8% (175 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (23 votes), among the 2,584 ballots cast by the borough's 4,269 registered voters, yielding a 60.5% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-monmouth.pdf 2009 Governor: Monmouth County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230351/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-monmouth.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 5, 2012.</ref>