Editing Mantoloking, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
Mantoloking is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 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 the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes 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 Mantoloking 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. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=2014-09-24 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</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|2022}}, the [[mayor]] of Mantoloking is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] E. Laurence "Lance" White III, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2022. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Lynn O'Mealia (R, 2022), Anthony M. Amarante (R, 2023), F. Bradford Batcha (R, 2024), Barbara Hood Benz (R, 2022), John Conti ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2024) and Douglas Nelson (R, 2023) -- D'Arcy Green (R, 2022).<ref name=Roster>[https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mantoloking.org%2Fsites%2Fg%2Ffiles%2Fvyhlif6076%2Ff%2Fuploads%2F2022_mayor_and_council_roster.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK Mayor and Council Roster], Borough of Mantoloking. Accessed August 3, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.mantoloking.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif6076/f/uploads/2022_adopted_budget.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Mantoloking. Accessed August 3, 2022.</ref><ref name=OceanProfile>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/frmGovDirPage.aspx?ID=224 Borough of Mantoloking], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed August 3, 2022.</ref><ref name=OceanOfficials>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/70fc90f8-5e4e-4454-a3c1-8ca3d0911f87.pdf ''2022 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated April 1, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Ocean2021>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/07aecb2a-f6ce-4ef4-a6c3-7b7546fc9e3f.pdf 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Ocean2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/106715/web.264614/#/summary 2020 General Election November 3, 2020 Official results], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], updated December 2, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Ocean2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/98863/web/#/summary 2019 General Election Official Results November 5, 2019], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 15, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=Ocean2018>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/92666/Web02.213202/#/ 2018 General Election Official Results November 6, 2018], [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 19, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019.</ref>

The borough council appointed Barbara Benz in January 2021 to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that was vacated by D’Arcy Green.<ref>Springsteen, Tyler. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210130151126/https://starnewsgroup.com/2021/01/29/councilwoman-barbara-benz-ready-to-serve-community/ "Councilwoman Barbara Benz ready to serve community"], ''The Ocean Star'', January 29, 2021, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 30, 2021. Accessed August 3, 2022. "Barbara Benz was appointed to a vacant seat on the Mantoloking Borough Council during its virtual meeting on Jan. 19. Councilwoman Benz will replace Councilwoman D’Arcy Green, who resigned from her seat on the council due to a medical situation, according to Mayor Lance White."</ref> Benz served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when she was elected to serve the remainder of the term of office.<ref name=Ocean2021/>

In December 2018, Donald Ness was selected by the borough council to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that became vacant following the resignation of Lynn O'Mealia earlier that month.<ref>[http://www.mantoloking.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Minutes-Regular-Business-Meeting-12-18-18.pdf Meeting Minutes for December 18, 2018], Borough of Mantoloking. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Whereas, Lynn O'Mealia resigned from the position of Councilwoman for the Borough of Mantoloking, effective December 3, 2018, leaving a vacant seat on Borough Council... That Donald Ness is hereby appointed to the vacant seat on Borough Council... That Donald Ness shall hold office for the unexpired term of Lynn O'Mealia expiring December 31, 2019..."</ref>

In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $17,762, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.<ref>Marcus, Samantha. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Mantoloking Borough was $17,762 in 2018, the highest in Ocean County."</ref>

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Mantoloking is located in the 4th 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 10th 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#10 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 a total of 324 registered voters in Mantoloking, of which 23 (7.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 247 (76.2%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 54 (16.7%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered to other parties.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-ocean-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Ocean], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 109.5% (vs. 63.2% in Ocean County) were registered to vote, including 114.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 82.6% 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 December 30, 2012.</ref>

{| border = “2”
|+ Mantoloking vote<br /> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]

|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org">{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.61% ''88''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.82%''' ''140''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.56% ''6''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.95% ''87''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.98%''' ''150''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.07% ''5''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.73% ''66''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.86%''' ''144''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.41% ''12''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17.49% ''39''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''80.42%''' ''180''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.79% ''4''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.00% ''66''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.86%''' ''195''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.14% ''3''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref name="uselectionatlas.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.35% ''59''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.76%''' ''200''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.89% ''5''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74560413/ocean-county-nj-election-reuslts-2000/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 2000 partial|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 8, 2000|page = 173}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.74% ''45''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.26%''' ''172''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>http://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//b24b25ff-bd27-4430-bf94-efc74b8ec4ef.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.22% ''49''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.32%''' ''208''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.46% ''12''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>http://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//877a857e-1ed8-435c-b9d7-629c54817378.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.85% ''45''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.69%''' ''259''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.46% ''21''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref>http://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//1efb1782-8841-4576-8eaf-841145ba06c9.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10.80% ''35''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''89.20%''' ''289''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.31% ''1''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref>http://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//1ee0ab61-6b77-48fb-b5c4-c18437f65955.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12.20% ''41''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''87.80%''' ''295''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref>http://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//c405196c-6ce0-42cc-9bb1-638af597c805.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9.35% ''33''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''82.44%''' ''291''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.22% ''29''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70854788/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1976/|title = Ocean county, NJ election results, 1976|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 3, 1976|page = 37}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.13% ''46''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''84.87%''' ''258''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70854059/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1972/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1972|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 8, 1972|page = 34}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8.12% ''19''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''91.88%''' ''215''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70855383/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1968/|title = Ocean county, NJ election results, 1968|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 6, 1968|page = 44}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6.63% ''13''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''89.80%''' ''176''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.57% ''7''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70855774/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1964/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1964|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 4, 1964|page = 38}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.95% ''30''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.05%''' ''147''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70855885/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1960/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1960|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 9, 1960|page = 19}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8.53% ''11''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''91.47%''' ''118''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70856224/ocean-county-nj-presidential-election/|title = Ocean County, NJ presidential election results, 1956|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 7, 1956|page = 3}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|5.88% ''8''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''94.12%''' ''128''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70856373/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1952/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1952|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 5, 1952|page = 16}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10.26% ''12''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''89.74%''' ''105''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70856736/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1948/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1948|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 3, 1948|page = 26}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9.52% ''6''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''90.48%''' ''57''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70857141/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1944/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1944|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 8, 1944|page = 2}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.04% ''8''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''85.96%''' ''49''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70857316/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1940/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1940|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 6, 1940|page = 14}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.24% ''9''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''86.76%''' ''59''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70857592/ocean-county-nj-election-results-1936/|title = Ocean County, NJ election results, 1936|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 4, 1936|page = 2}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.81% ''20''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.19%''' ''64''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70857743/ocean-city-nj-election-results-1932/|title = Ocean City, NJ election results, 1932|newspaper = Asbury Park Press|date = November 9, 1932|page = 5}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.27% ''15''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.73%''' ''59''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1921mull/page/500/mode/2up?q=saddle+river|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.75% ''14''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.25%''' ''18''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1917mull/page/592/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.77% ''4''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.23%''' ''9''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1913mull/page/620/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.59%''' ''12''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.53% ''4''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|5.88% ''1''
|}

Mantoloking is one of the most consistently Republican jurisdictions in the state of New Jersey. After New Jersey native [[Woodrow Wilson]] carried the borough in its inaugural election, no Democratic presidential candidate has done so again. Even as New Jersey has trended Democratic since the 1990's, Mantoloking has remained largely Republican, with 2016 and 2020 Republican nominee and president [[Donald Trump]] carrying the borough by over 25 points in both of his campaigns. Prior to Trump, all of the preceding 21 Republican nominees for president from [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932 to [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012 won Mantoloking by a margin of at least 50 points, with 14 of them earning 80% of the vote, and [[Thomas Dewey]] in 1948, [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in 1956, and [[Richard Nixon]] in 1960 and 1972 each winning 90% of the vote.

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 92.7% of the vote (152 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 7.3% (12 votes), and other candidates receiving no votes, among the 165 ballots cast by the borough's 307 registered voters (1 ballot was spoiled), for a turnout of 53.7%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-ocean.pdf |title=Governor - Ocean 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-ocean.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Ocean 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 80.9% of the vote (174 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 12.1% (26 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.0% (13 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (1 votes), among the 215 ballots cast by the borough's 336 registered voters, yielding a 64.0% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-ocean.pdf 2009 Governor: Ocean County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230602/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-ocean.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 30, 2012.</ref>