Editing Vineland, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
The City of Vineland is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] (Plan A), implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of July 1, 1952, months after the city's formation.<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 November 10, 2013.</ref> The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this 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 is a mayor, serving as the city's chief executive, and a five-member city council, serving as the city's [[legislature]]. The mayor and council are elected [[at-large]] to serve concurrent four-year terms of office in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections held in leap years as part of the November general 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. 8.</ref><ref name=Government/><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> An ordinance passed by the council in 2011 shifted elections from May to November, effectively extending the term of those members serving at the time by six months.<ref>Barlas, Thomas. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cumberland/vineland-may-switch-elections-from-may-to-november/article_2d31509e-60a2-11e0-add7-001cc4c002e0.html "Vineland may switch elections from May to November"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 6, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012. "Vineland - Local residents likely will elect a mayor and City Council candidates in November starting next year. City Council will introduce an ordinance when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday that would move the municipality's non-partisan election from May to November."</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the [[mayor]] of Vineland is Anthony Fanucci whose term of office ends on December 31, 2024.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.vinelandcity.org/mayors-office/ Mayor's Office], City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> Members of the Vineland city council are Council President Elizabeth Arthur, Council Vice President David Acosta, Ronald John Franceschini Jr., Paul F. Spinelli and Albert Vargas, all of whom serving terms of office ending on December 31, 2024.<ref name=Government>[https://www.vinelandcity.org/council-members/ City Council Members], City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.vinelandcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Municipal-Budget-Adopted.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref name=CumberlandDirectory>[https://www.cumberlandcountynj.gov/filestorage/22641/24559/2023_Directory_.pdf#page=92 ''2023 Directory of Cumberland County, New Jersey''], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Cumberland2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Cumberland/107141/web.264614/#/summary General Election Results November 3, 2020, Official Results], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey]], updated November 19, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In November 2019, the city council appointed Elizabeth Arthur to fill the seat vacated by Angela Calakos following her resignation after announcing that she was moving out of the city. Arthur served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term office.<ref>Leonard, Nicole. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/vineland-city-council-swears-in-new-member-to-fill-vacant/article_709f67bb-b3fb-5f66-8402-358b8168f9e5.html "Vineland City Council swears in new member to fill vacant seat"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 14, 2018. Accessed November 3, 2019. "City Council swore in a new member Tuesday to fill an open seat left by former Councilwoman Angela Calakos. Elizabeth Arthur, who has previously served as both an appointed and elected member of the Vineland Board of Education, was approved for the position by council vote and will serve until the next general election in November 2019. If elected, she would complete the term through 2020."</ref>

In January 2013, Ruben Bermudez took office as the city's first Hispanic mayor.<ref>Woods, Don E. [http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2013/01/vineland_celebrates_new_vision.html "Vineland celebrates 'new vision' at inauguration for Mayor Ruben Bermudez, council"], ''South Jersey Times'', January 5, 2013. Accessed January 10, 2013. "Promising a 'new vision,' Ruben Bermudez, the first Hispanic mayor of Vineland, said that he will battle the many ills that impact the quality of life for city residents."</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Vineland is located in the 2nd 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 1st 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#1 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 37,583 registered voters in Vineland, of which 10,388 (27.6%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 6,109 (16.3%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 21,059 (56.0%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 27 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-cumberland-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Cumberland], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 64.9% of the vote (15,299 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 34.2% (8,074 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (218 votes), among the 23,880 ballots cast by the city's 39,605 registered voters (289 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 60.3%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-cumberland.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Cumberland 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-cumberland.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Cumberland 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]], Democrat Barack Obama received 62.6% of the vote (15,743 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]], who received 35.2% (8,862 votes), with 25,144 ballots cast among the city's 39,098 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.3%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-cumberland.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 53.8% of the vote (12,506 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]], who received around 43.6% (10,131 votes), with 23,253 ballots cast among the city's 35,943 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.7.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_cumberland_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>

{{PresHead|place=Vineland |source=<br>2024<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-cumberland.pdf Presidential November 5, 2024 General Election Results Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2020<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-cumberland.pdf Presidential November 3, 2020 General Election Results Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], published December 18, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> 2016<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-cumberland.pdf Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], updated December 14, 2016. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref> 2012<ref name=2012Election>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-cumberland.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Cumberland County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> 2008<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-cumberland.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 22, 2012.</ref> 2004<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_cumberland_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Cumberland County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 22, 2012.</ref>}}

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 55.5% of the vote (7,171 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 42.8% (5,527 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (221 votes), among the 13,243 ballots cast by the city's 37,789 registered voters (324 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.0%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-cumberland.pdf |title=Governor - Cumberland 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-cumberland.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Cumberland 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 52.2% of the vote (7,457 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican Chris Christie with 40.1% (5,725 votes) and Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 4.8% (681 votes), with 14,289 ballots cast among the city's 37,092 registered voters, yielding a 38.5% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-cumberland.pdf 2009 Governor: Cumberland County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707152844/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-cumberland.pdf |date=July 7, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>