Burlington County Board of County Commissioners
The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners (formerly called The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders) is a board of five people who govern Burlington County, New Jersey. The board is headed by two people the Director and the Deputy Director. They are chosen by the board. The current Director is Commissioner Director is Felicia Hopson and the Deputy Director is Commissioner Daniel J. O’Connell.[1]
Burlington County Board of County Commissioners | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | |
Director | Felicia Hopson (D) |
Deputy Director | Daniel J. O’Connell (D) |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 5 |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Website | |
| Burlington County Commissioners | |
Responsibilities
As a local government the board is mostly responsible for governing the county and setting a budget.
Party affiliation
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 5[2] | |
| Republican Party | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | |
Sessions
2019
During the 2018 elections, candidate George Youngkin faced allegations of domestic abuse and dropped out of the race; however, he was still on the ballot, and was subsequently elected to the Board. He resigned from the Board on January 2, 2019, one day after becoming a Freeholder.[3] He was replaced with Daniel J. O'Connell.
Previous Sessions
| Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | Seat 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
Aubrey Fenton (R) |
Bill Haines Jr. (R) |
James Wujcik (R) |
Joseph Donnelly (R) | |
| 2008 |
Stacey Jordan (R) | ||||
| 2009 |
Chris Brown (D) |
Mary Anne I. Reinhart (D) | |||
| 2010 |
Bruce Garganio (R) |
Mary Ann O’Brien (R) | |||
| 2010 |
Chris Brown (R) | ||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2012[4] |
Leah Arter (R) |
Joe Howarth (R) | |||
| 2013 |
Joanne Schwartz (D) | ||||
| 2014 | |||||
| 2014 |
Bruce Garganio (R) | ||||
| 2015 |
Mary Ann O'Brien (R) | ||||
| 2016 |
Kate Gibbs (R) |
Ryan Peters (R) | |||
| 2016 |
Latham Tiver (R) | ||||
| 2017 |
Linda Hughes (R) | ||||
| 2018 |
Tom Pullion (D) |
Balvir Singh (D) |
Linda Hughes (R) | ||
| 2019 |
Felicia Hopson (D) |
George Youngkin (D) | |||
| 2019 |
Daniel O'Connell (D) | ||||
| 2020 | Linda A. Hynes (D) | ||||
| 2021 |
References
- "Board of Chosen Freeholders". Burlington County. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- "Burlington County Freeholders". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- "He just won an election but he's only going to take the job for one day". NJ.com. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- "Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
