Editing Medford Lakes, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
The Borough of Medford Lakes is governed under the [[1923 Municipal Manager Law]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of seven municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this 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 governing body is comprised of five members, who are elected [[at-large]] in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for vote in even-numbered years as part of the May municipal election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 43.</ref><ref name=BoroughCouncil/><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=9 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 9. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The borough council was expanded from three to five seats, with the two additional council seats added as part of the May 2010 election in which there were two seats up for a four-year term and two others for a two-year term.<ref>Tait III, Adam. [http://www.southjerseylocalnews.com/articles/2010/05/14/medford_central_record/news/doc4beac16e5b62a503935923.txt "Mayor ousted in Medford Lakes election"], ''Medford Central Record'', May 14, 2010. Accessed November 27, 2013. "Thomas Cranston and Gary Miller led all candidates Tuesday in an election expanding Medford Lakes Council from three seats to five. At the same time, Mayor Paul Weiss, badly battered last year by a disputed proposal to merge the borough's police force with Medford's, placed third in a four-candidate race, and will leave council when his term expires June 30."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, members of the borough council are Mayor William R. Fields (term of office on council ends June 30, 2028; term as mayor ends 2026), Deputy Mayor Dennis P. O'Neill (term on council and as deputy mayor ends 2026), Councilman Matthew R. Bailey (2028), Thomas J. Cranston (2026) and Gerald Yowell (2028).<ref name=BoroughCouncil>[https://www.medfordlakes.com/191/Borough-Council Borough Council], Borough of Medford Lakes. Accessed January 11, 2025. "The Borough operates under the New Jersey Municipal Manager Law of 1923. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the Borough Council) from the execution of policy (the work of the Borough Manager). This maintains professional management and a Borough-wide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Borough Council, concentration of policy making power in one body - a five-person Mayor and Council."</ref><ref>[https://www.medfordlakes.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/87#page=11 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Medford Lakes. Accessed January 11, 2025.</ref><ref name=Burlington2024Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/121611/web.317647/#/summary Non-Partisan Municipal Election May 14th, 2024 Unofficial Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated June 4, 2024. Accessed January 11, 2025.</ref><ref name=Burlington2022Municipal>[https://co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/4565/May-Municipal-Elections May 10, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated May 17, 2022. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref>

In February 2021, the borough council appointed Dennis P. O'Neill to fill the seat expiring in June 2022 that had been held by Robert D. Hanold Sr. until his death the previous month. O'Neill served on an interim basis until the May 2021 municipal election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Woolston, George. [https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/news/2021/05/12/bordentown-medford-lakes-voters-turn-out-may-municipal-elections/5053679001/ "Bordentown City, Medford Lakes voters turn out for May municipal elections"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', May 12, 2021. Accessed July 25, 2022. "Incumbent Dennis P. O'Neill beat out Joseph Aromando 418 votes, or 70% of the total vote, to 170 votes, or 28% of the total vote, according to unofficial results. O'Neill was appointed to the seat on the five-member council in February after the January death of borough mayor Robert D. Hanold Sr."</ref>

In March 2015, the borough council selected Kathy Merkh to fill the vacant seat of Deputy Mayor Jeff Fitzpatrick, who had submitted his resignation from office the previous month. Gary Miller was chosen to fill the vacant position of deputy mayor.<ref>Lucas, Jenn. [http://www.southjerseylocalnews.com/articles/2015/03/10/news/doc54ff76c9c3894156299084.txt "Second woman ever appointed to Medford Lakes Council"], ''The Central Record'', March 10, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Kathy Merkh was chosen by council to fill the seat of Jeff Fitzpatrick, who announced his resignation from council during the previous meeting. Since Fitzpatrick was also the deputy mayor, council voted Gary Miller to fill that position. Both were sworn-in during the last meeting."</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Medford Lakes is located in the 3rd 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 8th 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#8 Districts by Number for 2011–2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 3,033 registered voters in Medford Lakes, of which 749 (24.7% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,009 (33.3% vs. 23.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,275 (42.0% vs. 42.8%) 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-burlington-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Burlington], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 73.2% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 99.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% 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 25, 2014.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 1,197 votes here (49.3% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 1,194 votes (49.2% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 24 votes (1.0% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,429 ballots cast by the borough's 3,142 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.3% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-burlington.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226071200/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-burlington.pdf |date=December 26, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226070921/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-burlington.pdf |date=December 26, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 1,223 votes here (49.3% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 1,208 votes (48.7% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 34 votes (1.4% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,482 ballots cast by the borough's 3,007 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.5% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-burlington.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 1,302 votes here (52.0% vs. 46.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 1,168 votes (46.6% vs. 52.9%) and other candidates with 24 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 2,505 ballots cast by the borough's 3,014 registered voters, for a turnout of 83.1% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_burlington_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 941 votes here (66.9% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 425 votes (30.2% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 24 votes (1.7% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,406 ballots cast by the borough's 3,107 registered voters, yielding a 45.3% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-burlington.pdf 2013 Governor: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5, 2013 General Election Results : Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 956 votes here (55.8% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 650 votes (37.9% vs. 44.5%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 74 votes (4.3% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 17 votes (1.0% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,713 ballots cast by the borough's 3,061 registered voters, yielding a 56.0% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-burlington.pdf 2009 Governor: Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113013520/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-burlington.pdf |date=2016-01-13 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref>