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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in New Jersey
* An overview of local elections in New Jersey
* An overview of the initiative process in New Jersey

## Contents

* 1 Cities
* 1.1 City government
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2026
* 2.2 2025
* 2.3 2024
* 2.4 2023
* 2.5 2022
* 2.6 2021
* 2.7 2020
* 2.8 2019
* 2.9 2018
* 2.10 2017
* 2.11 2016
* 2.12 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Cities[edit]

### City government[edit]

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City | County

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Jersey City | Hudson County
Newark | Essex County
Trenton | Mercer County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 21 counties, 564 cities, towns, and villages, and 222 special districts.[1]

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2026[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2026 and School board elections, 2026

* Newark, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Trenton, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County executive and board of commissioners
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County executive and board of commissioners

* New Jersey school board elections

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Jersey City, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Newark, New Jersey \- City council (special)
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County clerk
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- Sheriff
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Trenton, New Jersey \- City council
* Essex County, New Jersey \- Register of deeds and mortgages and sheriff
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County surrogate
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Essex County, New Jersey \- Commissioners and surrogate court judge
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County executive and county commission
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Newark, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Trenton, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County executive
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County clerk and sheriff
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Jersey City, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County sheriff
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County register
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Jersey City, New Jersey \- City council (special)
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County clerk and board of chosen freeholders
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- Board of chosen freeholders
* New Jersey school board elections

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

* Essex County, New Jersey \- County register and county board of chosen freeholders
* Hudson County, New Jersey \- County executive, county sheriff, and county surrogate
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* Newark, New Jersey \- Mayor and city council
* Essex County, New Jersey \- County executive and county sheriff
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Jersey City, New Jersey
* Essex County, New Jersey
* Hudson County, New Jersey
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

* Jersey City, New Jersey
* New Jersey school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

* New Jersey school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in New Jersey

The local units of government in New Jersey that make the initiative process available are:

* Counties operating under the optional county charter law have state specified initiative and referendum. There are 6 such counties (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer and Union).

* Municipalities operating under the optional municipal charter law (129) or commission form of government (32) have state specified initiative and referendum procedures. A list of these 161 municipalities is provided below in the external links, "Initiative and Referendum in New Jersey’s Counties and Municipalities."

* 3 of the 11 municipalities with special act charters provide for local initiative and referendum in the charter (Middletown Township, Montville Township, and Plainfield City). These charters were special acts of the legislature.

* In addition, Tenafly Borough, which generally operates under the borough form of government, has provided its voters with the powers of initiative and referendum pursuant to a local law specifically enacted to provide those powers.[2]

## See also[edit]

New Jersey | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* New Jersey municipal code library
* New Jersey state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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