Editing Glassboro, New Jersey (section)

== Government ==
=== Local government ===
[[File:Glassboro, NJ municipal building, Sept. 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Glassboro Municipal Building]]
Glassboro 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 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 [[direct election|directly]] by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council is comprised 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. 24.</ref> The borough form of government used by Glassboro 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 Glassboro is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] John E. Wallace, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.glassboro.org/john-wallace-bio-1 John E. Wallace III], Borough of Glassboro. Accessed January 23, 2025. "Democrat: Serving Four Year Term ending December 31, 2026. Mr. John Wallace was appointed to fill an unexpired term on Council in January 2015.  John was appointed mayor in May 2018 upon former Mayor Leo McCabe’s retirement."</ref> Members of the borough council, and the years their terms expire, are Council President Anna Miller (D, 2027), Timothy D. Brown (D, 2026), George P. Cossabone Sr. (D, 2025), Deanna L. Garlic (D, 2026), Andrew Halter (D, 2027),  Daniele Brida Spence (D, 2025).<ref name=Government>[https://www.glassboro.org/government Government], Borough of Glassboro. Accessed January 23, 2025. "The Borough Council is the legislative body of the Borough of Glassboro. The council is made up of six Council Members that represent the entire Borough."</ref><ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rV3WxRa7_6SqVDuUCRtBrFOrZC1dC-t1 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Glassboro. Accessed January 23, 2025.</ref><ref name=GloucesterDirectory>[https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7330/2024-Directory?bidId= ''Gloucester County 2024 Official Directory''], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2024>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/122580/web.345435/#/summary General Election November 5, 2024 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/118787/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]], November 20, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Gloucester2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/115746/web.307039/#/summary General Election November 8, 2022 Summary Report Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>

In March 2019, Danielle Spence was selected to fill the seat on the Borough Council expiring in December 2019 that had been held by Edward A. Malandro.<ref>[https://www.glassboro.org/glassboro-news-blog/2019/3/28/glassboro-mayor-and-council-welcome-new-councilwoman-daniele-brida-spence  "Glassboro Mayor and Council welcome new Councilwoman Daniele Brida Spence"], Borough of Glassboro, March 28, 2019. Accessed November 8, 2019. "Mrs. Spence was appointed to fill a Borough Council vacancy on March 26, 2019."</ref> Spence served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office and won a full three-year term, while Anthony J. Fiola was elected to serve an unexpired term.<ref name=Gloucester2019>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/98377/web/#/summary General Election November 5, 2019 Summary Report Unofficial Results], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]] Clerk, November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

Anna Miller was appointed by the borough council in March 2013 from among three candidates offered by the municipal Democratic committee to fill the vacant seat of George Cossabone.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130816063101/http://glassboroonline.com/public/mayor-council/councilwoman-anna-miller/ Councilwoman Anna Miller], Borough of Glassboro. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref><ref>Davis, Phil. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/03/anna_miller_to_fill_vacant_gla.html "Anna Miller to fill vacant Glassboro council seat as councilman steps down"], ''[[South Jersey Times]]'', March 27, 2013. Accessed August 17, 2013. "Long-time Glassboro resident Anna Miller was appointed by the borough's Democratic Committee on Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by Councilman George Cossabone's resignation."</ref>

=== Federal, state, and county representation ===
Glassboro is located in the 1st 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 3rd 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#3 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 9,772 registered voters in Glassboro, of which 3,733 (38.2%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,408 (14.4%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 4,617 (47.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 14 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-gloucester-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Gloucester], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the [[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2020 presidential election]], Democrat [[Joe Biden]] received 59.9% of the vote (5,162 cast), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] with 38.5% (3,320), and other candidates with 1.6% among the 8,798 ballots cast by the borough's 11,661 voters, for a turnout of 75.4%.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-gloucester.pdf|title = Presidential General Election Results|publisher = New Jersey Department of Elections|date = December 18, 2020|access-date = December 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-result-ballotscast-gloucester.pdf|title = Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 3, 2020 General Election Results|publisher = New Jersey Department of Elections|date = December 18, 2020|access-date = December 22, 2020}}</ref> In the [[2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2016 presidential election]], Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] received 56.3% of the vote (4,135 cast), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] with 37.8% (2,779 votes), and other candidates with 5.9% among the 7,347 ballots cast by the borough's 11,512 registered voters, for a turnout of 63.8%.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.njelections.org/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-gloucester.pdf|title = Presidential General Election Results|publisher = New Jersey Department of Elections|date = December 14, 2016|access-date = November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-ballotscast-results-gloucester.pdf|title = Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 8, 2016 General Election Results|publisher = New Jersey Department of Elections|date = December 21, 2016|access-date = November 9, 2019}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 63.7% of the vote (4,578 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 34.6% (2,485 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (128 votes), among the 7,252 ballots cast by the borough's 10,804 registered voters (61 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 67.1%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-gloucester.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Gloucester 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-gloucester.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Gloucester 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 62.8% of the vote (4,516 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 35.4% (2,547 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (62 votes), among the 7,195 ballots cast by the borough's 10,312 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.8%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-gloucester.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Gloucester County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 58.5% of the vote (3,930 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 40.1% (2,699 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (60 votes), among the 6,723 ballots cast by the borough's 9,801 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 68.6.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_gloucester_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Gloucester County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 53.0% of the vote (2,106 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 45.0% (1,786 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (80 votes), among the 4,074 ballots cast by the borough's 10,838 registered voters (102 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.6%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-gloucester.pdf |title=Governor – Gloucester 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-gloucester.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Gloucester 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 51.7% of the vote (2,198 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 39.0% (1,659 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.7% (287 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (29 votes), among the 4,255 ballots cast by the borough's 9,958 registered voters, yielding a 42.7% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-gloucester.pdf 2009 Governor: Gloucester County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230428/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-gloucester.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 7, 2012.</ref>