 In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,435 votes here (49.7% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 2,171 votes (44.3% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 201 votes (4.1% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 45 votes (0.9% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,898 ballots cast by the township's 10,422 registered voters, yielding a 47.0% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).The Delran Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 3,003 students and 234.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8