Government Clinton, New Jersey

1 government

1.1 local government

1.1.1 fire department


1.2 federal, state , county representation
1.3 politics

government
local government

clinton governed under town form of government mayor , six-member town council. mayor directly elected voters four-year term of office. members of town council elected three-year terms of office on staggered basis, 2 seats coming election each year in three-year cycle. governing body chosen at-large in partisan elections held part of november general election. primary responsibilities of council serve legislative body of town, approve annual budget presented mayor, approve payment of bills , serve liaisons several boards , committees.

as of 2016, mayor of clinton town democrat janice kovach, term of office ends on december 31, 2019. members of clinton town council ken carberry (r, 2017), sherry dineen (r, 2018), marty pendergast (r, 2017), alfred d. rylak (r, 2016; appointed in september 2013 fill vacancy of megan jones-holt, in turn had been appointed in february 2013 fill vacancy of rich duffy), robert b. smith (r, 2016) , beth sosidka (r, 2018).

fire department

clinton fire department (cfd) located on corner of new street / old route 22 in clinton. 15% of department s calls annually involve actual fire, while rest of cfd s calls broken down 15% motor vehicle accidents, 15% hazardous conditions, 5% service calls, 25% intent calls no fire found , 25% alarm activations/false alarms, averaging 190 calls annually. department offers 3 types of membership namely active firefighter, junior firefighter , associate membership prospective members. department runs mutual aid calls annandale hose company, high bridge fire department, quakertown fire company, lebanon fire company , pattenburg fire company , other fire departments in hunterdon country, have become invaluable resource large incidents. division of fire municipal fire department , responsible fire related incidents in township. personnel provided all-volunteer annandale hose company #1. there 2 fire stations. 1 located @ 68 beaver avenue , second located @ 1215 route 31 south. our apparatus consists of 4 engines, 2 command vehicles, 1 tower ladder, 1 tanker, , 2 brush trucks. department covers area of on 30 square miles , respond around 500 incidents each year. department has 45 active members respond calls. each new member trained state firefighter standards, , equipped meet national standards. our members put in hundreds of hours each year in classes, training , drills. seeking volunteers not firefighting other administrative duties.

federal, state , county representation

clinton town located in 7th congressional district , part of new jersey s 23rd state legislative district.

new jersey s seventh congressional district represented leonard lance (r, clinton township). 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), 23rd legislative district of new jersey legislature represented in state senate michael j. doherty (r, washington township, warren county) , in general assembly john dimaio (r, hackettstown) , erik peterson (r, franklin township, hunterdon county). governor of new jersey chris christie (r, mendham township). lieutenant governor of new jersey kim guadagno (r, monmouth beach).

hunterdon county governed five-member board of chosen freeholders, serve three-year terms of office at-large on staggered basis, either 1 or 2 seats election each year on partisan basis part of november general election. @ annual reorganization meeting held each january, freeholders select 1 member serve board s director , serve deputy director. of 2015, hunterdon county s freeholders freeholder director john king (r; raritan township, 2015), freeholder deputy director suzanne lagay (r; holland township, 2016), j. matthew holt (r; clinton town, 2015), john e. lanza (r; flemington, 2016) , robert g. walton (r; hampton, 2017). constitutional officers elected on countywide basis county clerk mary h. melfi (r; flemington, 2017), sheriff fredrick w. brown (r; alexandria township, 2016) , surrogate susan j. hoffman (r; kingwood township, 2018).

politics

as of march 23, 2011, there total of 1,671 registered voters in clinton, of 439 (26.3%) registered democrats, 529 (31.7%) registered republicans , 700 (41.9%) registered unaffiliated. there 3 voters registered other parties.

in 2012 presidential election, republican mitt romney received 52.0% of vote (693 cast), ahead of democrat barack obama 46.7% (623 votes), , other candidates 1.3% (17 votes), among 1,351 ballots cast town s 1,780 registered voters (18 ballots spoiled), turnout of 75.9%. in 2008 presidential election, democrat barack obama received 49.4% of vote (704 cast), ahead of republican john mccain 48.7% (694 votes) , other candidates 1.2% (17 votes), among 1,426 ballots cast town s 1,732 registered voters, turnout of 82.3%. in 2004 presidential election, republican george w. bush received 54.8% of vote (761 ballots cast), outpolling democrat john kerry 44.0% (611 votes) , other candidates 0.7% (12 votes), among 1,389 ballots cast town s 1,671 registered voters, turnout percentage of 83.1.

in 2013 gubernatorial election, republican chris christie received 69.2% of vote (577 cast), ahead of democrat barbara buono 28.1% (234 votes), , other candidates 2.8% (23 votes), among 840 ballots cast town s 1,757 registered voters (6 ballots spoiled), turnout of 47.8%. in 2009 gubernatorial election, republican chris christie received 60.5% of vote (620 ballots cast), ahead of democrat jon corzine 27.7% (284 votes), independent chris daggett 9.5% (97 votes) , other candidates 0.7% (7 votes), among 1,025 ballots cast town s 1,711 registered voters, yielding 59.9% turnout.