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Politics
''As of November 6, 2018, there were a total of 42,264 registered voters in the city of Camden.

The current mayor is Frank Moran who won the election in November of 2017. Moran's predecessor was Dana Redd who had served two terms from 2010 to January 2018. Moran is a part of the Democratic Party as all Camden mayors have been since 1935. The last Republican Camden mayor was Frederick von Nieda who only sat in office for a year. '' Lawnside is the most Democratic town in New Jersey

Presidential
In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received overwhelming support from the city of Camden. On May 11, 2016 Clinton held a rally at Camden County College. Much like prior presidential elections, Camden has heavily favored the democratic candidate. On election night, Donald Trump "In both a defiant speech at Trump Tower and an irate 3 a.m. Twitter rant, Trump accused Democrats of busing Camden, New Jersey, residents to pose as dead Philadelphians." In 2006, Trump filed a five billion dollar slander suit in Camden's superior court against Timothy L. O'Brien, a New York Times reporter. The case was dismissed in 2009.

During his second term Obama visited Camden in 2015 and said that "Hold you up as a symbol of promise for the nation. This city is on to something, no one is suggesting that the job is done," the president said. "It's still a work in progress."

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama was seeking reelection and was challenged by Utah senator Mitt Romney. The city overwhelmingly voted for Obama in the biggest Democratic landslide in Camden's history.

In the 2008 presidential election, both tickets were open due to George W. Bush's term limit being up. Seasoned politician and war hero John McCain won the 2008 Republican primary. While the younger Barack Obama narrowly won against former first lady Hillary Clinton in the contentious 2008 Democratic Primary. McCain received the most votes for a Republican nominee from Camden in the 21st century.

In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 84.4% of the vote (15,914 ballots cast), beating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 12.6% (2,368 votes), with 18,858 ballots cast among the city's 37,765 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 49.9.

Gubernatorial
In 2017, Only 8,017 ballots were cast which is only 19% of 41,757 registered voters in Camden.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received the support of Camden during the election, however Chris Christie was reelected by the rest of New Jersey. Among the 9,796 ballots cast by the city's 48,241 registered voters, for a turnout of 20.3%. After being elected Governor Chris Christie took over Camden's police and education and regulated them through the state.

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 85.6% of the vote (8,700 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican Chris Christie with 5.9% (604 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 0.8% (81 votes), with 10,166 ballots cast among the city's 43,165 registered voters, yielding a 23.6% turnout.

Frank Moran
Francisco "Frank" Moran (born on October 20, 1968), is the current mayor of Camden. Moran is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. In 1996, Moran described himself as grass roots and someone that the community can look up to and reach out to. His political career began in Camden when Milton Milan was elected mayor and Moran took his council member seat on the Third Ward by winning a special election. He won the seat by one hundred votes, defeating opponent Kirk Jones. During the council race, Moran was pressed on representing the black community in Camden. Moran responded with, "Like I tell people, I hear gunshots, you hear gunshots. Unless we come together, we're not going to stop the gunshots."

On August 19 1989, Moran married his wife, Ivette Rivera, the mother of his two children.

Upon being elected mayor during a press conference Moran stated that, "I will be reaching out to the CEOs of these corporations...What are you really doing for Camden?" When asked about homelessness, Moran said that he had a "missionary heart" and that he was a Christian.

In November of 2017, Francisco "Frank" Moran was elected as the 48th Mayor of Camden. Prior to this, one of Moran's roles was as the Director of Camden County Parks Department where he was in charge of overseeing several park projects expanding the Camden County Park System, including the Cooper River Park, as well as bringing back public ice skating rinks to the parks in Camden County.

Moran was on Camden's City Council for twenty years before becoming the mayor. Moran promises to make Camden "a city of promise, a city of opportunity."

Moran has helped in bringing several companies to Camden, some of these companies being Subaru of America, Lockheed Martin, Philadelphia 76ers, Holtec International, American Water, Liberty Property Trust, as well as EMR.

Moran has also assisted with the public schools of Camden by supplying them with new resources, such as new technology for the classrooms, as well has new facilities.