James R. Kern III

James R. Kern III is the non-partisan Mayor of Pohatcong Township, New Jersey, United States. Kern was elected Mayor in May 2011 for a four-year term with 63% of the vote. Kern was elected at 22 years of age, making him the youngest elected Mayor in New Jersey.

Prior to his election to the office Mayor, Kern was elected to the Township Council at the age of 21. He defeated two incumbent councilmen while finishing his senior year at Rutgers University.
As Mayor, Kern has promoted a transparent and fiscally responsible municipal government. One of Kern’s first acts as Mayor was developing a website advisory board which invited input from citizens in developing an official municipal website, which was nonexistent at that time.
In August 2012, Kern proposed an ordinance which would cap the amount Pohatcong could borrow at $400,000 and force approval of expenditures exceeding that amount to public referendum. The council narrowly passed the legislation at the following meeting.
Kern received his Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Warren County Community College and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University.

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