Editing Saddle River, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
[[File:Saddle River Town Hall On Memorial Day.jpg|thumb|Saddle River Town Hall On Memorial Day 2023]]
Saddle River 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 a mayor and a borough council, who are all elected on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term. 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. 165.</ref> The borough form of government used by Saddle River 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>  The mayor serves as chief executive officer, and is an ex-officio member of all municipal committees and is the approving authority in the Borough of Saddle River. Mayoral appointments to the various boards and committees in the borough are subject to confirmation by the borough council. Borough council members serve on various operating committees and function in a liaison capacity to provide information and direction to the entire governing body.<ref name=Council/>

{{As of|2024}}, the mayor is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Albert J. "Al" Kurpis, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.saddleriver.org/mayors_office Office of the Mayor], Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024.</ref> Members of the Saddle River Borough Council are Council President David B. Hekemian (R, 2025), Duncan B. Carpenter (R, 2025), Christopher DiGirolamo (R, 2024), Jon Kurpis (R, 2026), Jeffrey S. Liva (R, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term) and Ravi Sachdev (R, 2026).<ref name=Council>[https://www.saddleriver.org/mayor_council Mayor and Council], Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024. "The Borough form remains the single most popular form of local government in New Jersey. This form dates back to the Borough Act of 1878 and was revised in 1897 and by the Borough Act of 1987. The Borough mayor is elected at-large to a four-year term. Six council members are elected at-large to staggered three-year terms.</ref><ref>[https://www.saddleriver.org/vertical/sites/%7B2E7E07BD-0A79-4A05-9B79-960D47AACDC0%7D/uploads/0258_adoptbudget_2024.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Saddle River. Accessed April 20, 2024.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/2024-county-directory.pdf#page=62 ''2024 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2023>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.gov/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/District%20Canvass%20NEW.pdf Official Statement of Vote 2023 General Election - November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], November 27, 2023. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Certified%20Statement%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-21-22.pdf Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Bergen2021>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/Statement%20of%20Vote%2011-17-21(1).pdf Bergen County Statement of Vote November 2, 2021 Official results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In August 2022, the borough council appointed Jeffrey Liva to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Rosario Ruffino until he resigned from office earlier that month in protest over the cost of a park project.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/saddle-river/2022/08/17/saddle-river-nj-appoints-planning-board-member-to-council-seat/65405863007/ "Saddle River fills empty council seat with Planning Board member"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 17, 2022. Accessed March 15, 2023. "Planning Board Chairman Jeffrey Liva has been appointed to a seat on the Borough Council. Liva succeeds council President Rosario Ruffino, who resigned July 20 after a disagreement with other members over the cost and design of what is now estimated to be a $1.45 million footbridge connecting the two halves of Rindlaub Park separated by the Saddle River."</ref> Liva served on an interim basis until the November 2022 general election, when he was elected to serve the remainder of the term of office.<ref nAme=Bergen2022/>

John Azzariti and Ravi Sachdev were sworn in to three-year terms by Mayor Albert Kurpis during a combined in-person/remote session in January 2021. Azzariti had been appointed to the council last July after Councilman John DeRosa resigned for professional reasons. However, Azzariti chose to run with Sachdev for two open three-year terms, seats previously held by Paul Schulstad—who resigned in March 2020—and Eric Jensen, who did not seek a new term. Christopher DiGirolamo was elected to serve the one year remaining on DeRosa's term of office.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/saddle-river/2021/01/12/saddle-river-nj-council-swears-new-councilmen/6636608002/ "Who are Saddle River's two newest council members?"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 12, 2021. "John Azzariti and Ravi Sachdev were sworn in by Mayor Albert Kurpis during a combined in-person/remote session on Jan. 2.... Christopher DiGirolamo was appointed last March to fill Schulstad's term until the election. However, he ran for the remaining year of DeRosa's unexpired term in November, and was sworn in immediately following the election."</ref>

In March 2020, the borough council appointed Christopher T. DiGirolamo to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that was vacated by Paul Schulstad when he resigned from office earlier that month.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/saddle-river/2020/03/19/saddle-river-nj-fills-empty-council-seat/2868218001/ "After former councilman's unexpected resignation, Saddle River fills vacant seat"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 19, 2020. Accessed May 14, 2020. "Christopher DiGirolamo was appointed to the borough's council last week, succeeding Paul Schulstad. DiGirolamo, an eight-year borough resident, will serve out the nine months remaining in Schulstad's second term.... Schulstad resigned unexpectedly March 2 in the last year of his second three-year term, giving no reason for his departure."</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Saddle River is located in the 5th 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 39th 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#39 Districts by Number for 2011–2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
{| border = “2”
|+ Saddle River 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>{{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}}|32.4% ''695''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.9%''' ''1,370''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.7% ''78''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{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}}|37.40% ''868''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.48%''' ''1,427''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.12% ''26''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/BC-Statement-of-Vote-Book-11-08-2016.pdf Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election November 8, 2016], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2016. Accessed March 16, 2022.</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.72% ''611''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.74%''' ''1,247''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.53% ''68''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/o/2012-General-Election.pdf Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election 2012], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 16, 2022.</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.75% ''448''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.87%''' ''1,268''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.38% ''24''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/n/2008-General-Election-Results.pdf Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election November 4, 2008], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], updated November 13, 2008. Accessed March 16, 2022.</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.81% ''598''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.64%''' ''1,253''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.54% ''29''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/Services/25|title = Bergen County Clerk - Historical Election Results}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.35% ''566''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.58%''' ''1,279''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.59% ''11''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.96% ''430''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.24%''' ''1,262''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.80% ''31''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.06% ''343''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.31%''' ''1,178''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.63% ''108''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.93% ''333''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.15%''' ''1,234''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|10.92% ''192''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.17% ''314''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''81.25%''' ''1,404''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.58% ''10''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.31% ''274''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.57%''' ''1,404''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.12% ''2''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.94% ''228''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.51%''' ''1,251''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|9.54% ''156''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.09% ''303''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''78.65%''' ''1,186''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.26% ''19''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17.87% ''268''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''81.67%''' ''1,225''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.47% ''7''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.15% ''245''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.11%''' ''1,068''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.74% ''37''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.43% ''405''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.30%''' ''735''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.26% ''3''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]<ref name="bergencountyclerk.org"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.11% ''169''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.70%''' ''878''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.19% ''2''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83083487/bergen-county-nj-election-results-1956/|title = Bergen County, NJ election results, 1956|newspaper = The Herald-News|date = November 7, 1956|page = 12}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7.34% ''59''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''92.66%''' ''745''
|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/53473891/dwight-eisenhower-and-adlai-stevenson/|title = Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson - Bergen County, NJ 1952 Presidential election|newspaper = The Herald-News|date = November 5, 1952|page = 13}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8.19% ''54''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''91.81%''' ''605''
|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/53474081/thomas-dewey-and-harry-truman-bergen/|title=Thomas Dewey and Harry Truman Bergen County NJ, 1948 president by towns|newspaper=The Herald-News|date=November 3, 1948|page=19}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.75% ''57''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''88.04%''' ''427''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.21% ''1''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]<ref name="newspapers.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475277/fdr-dewey-1944-bergen-county-nj/|title = FDR Dewey 1944 Bergen County, NJ results by town|newspaper = The Record|date = November 8, 1944|page = 4}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17.48% ''79''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''82.52%''' ''373''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]<ref name="newspapers.com"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.70% ''80''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.30%''' ''399''
|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/53474798/fdr-landon-1936-presidential-election/|title = FDR Landon 1936 presidential election results Bergen County, NJ by town|newspaper = The Record|date = November 4, 1936|page = 4}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.51% ''95''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.49%''' ''309''
|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/87630815/bergen-county-nj-election-results/|title=Bergen County, NJ election results, 1932 including Wyckoff|newspaper=The Record|date=November 11, 1932|page=2}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.84% ''95''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.16%''' ''259''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53475476/hoover-smith-saddle-river-nj-vote/|title=Hoover Smith Saddle River, NJ vote totals 1928|newspaper=The Ridgewood Herald|date=November 9, 1928|page=6}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.75% ''60''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''81.25%''' ''260''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxAJ4yl-UZAC&dq=Longport&pg=PA665|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1925}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.57% ''33''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''84.43%''' ''179''
|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/464/mode/2up/search/saddle+river|title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year=1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.39% ''40''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''78.61%''' ''147''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]<ref name="archive.org">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1917mull/page/576/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.99% ''32''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.01%''' ''65''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1913mull/page/500/mode/2up|title = Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey|year = 1872}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.33% ''28''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|19.05% ''16''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|'''47.62%''' ''40''
|}
Saddle River leans strongly Republican, both in terms of registration and election results. In 14 of the last 15 presidential elections, Republican candidates have carried Saddle River by margins of greater than 30 points despite their Democratic opponents winning Bergen County in seven of those elections.<ref>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/Services/25 Historical Election Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed April 17, 2020. Note: For raw vote totals for election results prior to 2008, please click on the link that reads "General 1959-2004" in the linked webpage.</ref> Bergen County also supported Republican candidates [[Warren G. Harding]] in 1920 and [[Charles Evans Hughes]] in 1916. However, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]] candidate [[Theodore Roosevelt]] won the city in 1912 over New Jersey native [[Woodrow Wilson]] and GOP nominee [[William Howard Taft]].<ref>https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1921mull/page/464/mode/2up/search/saddle+river NOTE: Presidential election results for this township are unavailable for elections between 1924 and 1956.</ref><ref name="archive.org"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Please note that election results from 1928 to 1956 were obtained from newspaper clippings and may not be official. Third parties were not listed for Saddle River in most of those articles.

As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,387 registered voters in Saddle River, of which 286 (12.0% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 1,211 (50.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 889 (37.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There was one voter registered to another party.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Bergen], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 75.7% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 96.0% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[https://www.census.gov GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 84.7% of the vote (845 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 14.3% (143 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (10 votes), among the 1,032 ballots cast by the borough's 2,475 registered voters (34 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.7%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-bergen.pdf |title=Governor – Bergen 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-bergen.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Bergen 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 968 votes here (74.4% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 283 votes (21.8% vs. 48.0%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 39 votes (3.0% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with one vote (0.1% vs. 0.5%), among the 1,301 ballots cast by the borough's 2,436 registered voters, yielding a 53.4% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf 2009 Governor: Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164457/https://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf |date=November 28, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref>