Editing High Bridge, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
High Bridge 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 six-member borough council. 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. 103.</ref> The borough form of government used by High Bridge 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 borough council decides committee and liaison assignments for council members. 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><ref name=Council/>

{{As of|2023}}, the [[mayor]] of High Bridge Borough is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Michele Lee, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Members of the Borough Council are Kenneth Doyle (D, 2025), Natalie Ferry (D, 2023), Christopher Graham (D, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term), Curtis Nowell (D, 2025), Alan Schwartz (R, 2023) and Steven Silvestri (R, 2024).<ref name=Council>[https://highbridge.org/government/mayor-council/ Mayor and Council], High Bridge Borough. Accessed May 4, 2023.</ref><ref name=HunterdonPage>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/913/High-Bridge-Borough Borough of High Bridge], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 4, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://highbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-Adopted-Budget.pdf#page=11 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], High Bridge Borough. Accessed August 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=HunterdonDirectory>[https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/5487/2022-Hunterdon-County-and-Municipal-Officials-Directory-PDF#page=71 ''2022 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2022>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/9118/G2022-Official-SOV-PDF Hunterdon County District Canvass November 8, 2022, General Election], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2021>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/6226/2021-General-Election-Official-Results-by-Municipality-PDF November 2, 2021 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hunterdon2020>[https://co.hunterdon.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/8592/2020-Official-General-Election-Results-Municipality-PDF November 3, 2020 District Report Hunterdon County Official Results], [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

High Bridge Borough Council meeting agendas and minutes are available on the borough website.<ref>[https://highbridge.org/documents-and-forms/council-agendas-and-meeting-minutes/ Council Agendas and Minutes], High Bridge Borough. Accessed November 18, 2019.</ref>

In February 2022 the borough council selected Christopher Graham from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Leigh Ann Moore until she stepped down from office. Graham won election outright in November 2022 and will now serve the balance of the term of office to December 2024.<ref>O'Brien, Walter. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/high-bridge-council-welcomes-new-member/image_a4c340ba-62b9-50b8-8b0b-b41937929c51.html "High Bridge Council welcomes new member"], ''New Jersey Hills'', February 14, 2022. Accessed March 22, 2022.</ref>

In April 2016, the borough council selected Keir LoIacono from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat of Mike Stemple, who had resigned from office the previous month.<ref>O'Brien, Walter. [http://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunterdon_review/news/high-bridge-swears-in-newest-council-member/article_a5bbe480-4ee6-5520-b38b-b31a8a4e5bc6.html "High Bridge swears in newest council member"], ''Hunterdon Review'', April 19, 2016. Accessed July 10, 2016. "The Borough Council Thursday, April 14, swore in new Councilman Keir LoIacono, who takes the seat vacated by former Councilwoman Karen Scarcia, who resigned on Wednesday, March 16. Scarcia was re-elected in November 2015 and her term would have expired on Dec. 31, 2018. LoIacono will now finish out that unexpired term."</ref>

In November 2014, the borough council selected Stephen Strange to fill the vacant seat expiring in 2016 of Victoria Miller, who had resigned from office in the previous month.<ref>Wright, Terry. [http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2014/11/high_bridge_appoints_tewksbury.html "High Bridge appoints Tewksbury teacher to Council vacancy"], ''[[Hunterdon County Democrat]]'', November 26, 2014. Accessed April 21, 2015. "Stephen Strange, a third-grade teacher in Tewksbury Township Elementary School, is the newest member of Borough Council. The Council appointed him to fill the seat of Victoria Miller, who resigned effective Oct. 31. Voters will elect somebody to the post in the November 2015 election."</ref> In the November 2015 general election, Strange was elected to serve the balance of the term.<ref name=Hunterdon2015>[http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/election/voterhistory/2015GeneralElection-StatementofVotes.pdf#page=62 Hunterdon County District Canvass November 3, 2015]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey]], updated November 5, 2015. Accessed July 7, 2016.</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
High Bridge is located in the 7th 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 16th 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===
As of November 7, 2017, there were a total of 2,587 registered voters in High Bridge.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 50.4% of the vote (893 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 47.8% (846 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (32 votes), among the 1,788 ballots cast by the borough's 2,497 registered voters (17 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 71.6%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hunterdon.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hunterdon 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-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hunterdon 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 48.6% of the vote (938 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 48.4% (936 votes) and other candidates with 2.1% (41 votes), among the 1,932 ballots cast by the borough's 2,487 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.7%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hunterdon.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 55.9% of the vote (1,012 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 43.0% (778 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (25 votes), among the 1,811 ballots cast by the borough's 2,315 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 78.2.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hunterdon_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hunterdon County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 69.3% of the vote (778 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 28.5% (320 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (24 votes), among the 1,136 ballots cast by the borough's 2,469 registered voters (14 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.0%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hunterdon.pdf |title=Governor - Hunterdon 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-hunterdon.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hunterdon 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 60.6% of the vote (819 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 27.1% (367 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 10.3% (139 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (15 votes), among the 1,352 ballots cast by the borough's 2,433 registered voters, yielding a 55.6% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf 2009 Governor: Hunterdon County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230346/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hunterdon.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 14, 2012.</ref>