In the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2013" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013" class="mw-redirect" id="mwBTY">2013 gubernatorial election</a>, Democrat <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Barbara_Buono" title="Barbara Buono" id="mwBTc">Barbara Buono</a> received 79.9% of the vote (6,680 cast), ahead of Republican <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie" id="mwBTg">Chris Christie</a> with 18.8% (1,569 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (116 votes), among the 9,796 ballots cast by the city's 48,241 registered voters (1,431 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 20.3%. In the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2009" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009" class="mw-redirect" id="mwBUE">2009 gubernatorial election</a>, Democrat <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine" id="mwBUI">Jon Corzine</a> received 85.6% of the vote (8,700 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie" id="mwBUM">Chris Christie</a> with 5.9% (604 votes) and Independent <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Chris_Daggett" title="Chris Daggett" id="mwBUQ">Chris Daggett</a> with 0.8% (81 votes), with 10,166 ballots cast among the city's 43,165 registered voters, yielding a 23.6% turnout.
