Government Voorhees Township, New Jersey

1 government

1.1 local government
1.2 federal, state , county representation
1.3 politics

government
local government

the township of voorhees governed under township form of new jersey municipal government. five-member township committee elected directly voters at-large in partisan elections serve three-year terms of office on staggered basis, either 1 or 2 seats coming election each year part of november general election in three-year cycle. mayor , deputy mayors chosen township committee among members during reorganization meeting each january.

as of 2016, members of voorhees township committee mayor michael r. mignogna (d, term on committee ends december 31, 2017; term mayor ends 2016), deputy mayor deputy mayor jason a. ravitz (d, term on committee ends 2018; term deputy mayor ends 2016), michael friedman (r, 2016), michelle m. nocito (d, 2018) , harry a. platt (d, 2017).

federal, state , county representation

voorhees township located in 1st congressional district , part of new jersey s 6th state legislative district.

new jersey s first congressional district represented donald norcross (d, camden). new jersey represented in united states senate democrats cory booker (newark, term ends 2021) , bob menendez (paramus, 2019).

for 2016–2017 session (senate, general assembly), 6th legislative district of new jersey legislature represented in state senate james beach (d, voorhees township) , in general assembly louis greenwald (d, voorhees township) , pamela rosen lampitt (d, cherry hill). governor of new jersey chris christie (r, mendham township). lieutenant governor of new jersey kim guadagno (r, monmouth beach).

camden county governed board of chosen freeholders, 7 members chosen at-large in partisan elections three-year terms office on staggered basis, either 2 or 3 seats coming election each year. of 2015, camden county s freeholders freeholder director louis cappelli, jr. (collingswood, term freeholder ends december 31, 2017; term director ends 2015), freeholder deputy director edward t. mcdonnell (pennsauken township, term freeholder ends 2016; term deputy director ends 2015), michelle gentek (gloucester township, 2015), ian k. leonard (camden, 2015), jeffrey l. nash (cherry hill, 2015), carmen rodriguez (merchantville, 2016) , jonathan l. young, sr. (berlin township, november 2015; serving unexpired term of scot mccray ending in 2017)

camden county s constitutional officers, elected directly voters, county clerk joseph ripa, sheriff charles h. billingham, , surrogate patricia egan jones. camden county prosecutor mary eva colalillo appointed governor of new jersey advice , consent of new jersey senate (the upper house of new jersey legislature).

politics

as of march 23, 2011, there total of 19,762 registered voters in voorhees township, of 7,392 (37.4%) registered democrats, 3,129 (15.8%) registered republicans , 9,229 (46.7%) registered unaffiliated. there 12 voters registered other parties.

in 2012 presidential election, democrat barack obama received 60.3% of vote (8,479 cast), ahead of republican mitt romney 38.7% (5,450 votes), , other candidates 1.0% (137 votes), among 14,160 ballots cast township s 21,493 registered voters (94 ballots sp oi led), turnout of 65.9%. in 2008 presidential election, democrat barack obama received 61.1% of vote (9,028 cast), ahead of republican john mccain, received around 35.3% (5,216 votes), 14,768 ballots cast among township s 19,553 registered voters, turnout of 75.5%. in 2004 presidential election, democrat john kerry received 57.5% of vote (7,835 ballots cast), outpolling republican george w. bush, received around 40.2% (5,475 votes), 13,628 ballots cast among township s 18,325 registered voters, turnout percentage of 74.4.

in 2013 gubernatorial election, republican chris christie received 61.4% of vote (4,679 cast), ahead of democrat barbara buono 37.4% (2,851 votes), , other candidates 1.2% (95 votes), among 7,845 ballots cast township s 21,636 registered voters (220 ballots spoiled), turnout of 36.3%. in 2009 gubernatorial election, democrat jon corzine received 50.% of vote (4,126 ballots cast), ahead of both republican chris christie 44.2% (3,645 votes) , independent chris daggett 3.8% (315 votes), 8,248 ballots cast among township s 19,611 registered voters, yielding 42.1% turnout.

in 2016 presidential election, democrat hillary clinton received 60.8% of vote (9,037 cast), ahead of republican donald trump 34% (5050 votes), , other candidates 3.0% (447 votes), among 14,862 ballots cast township s 21,393 registered, turnout of 69.5%.