 In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 904 votes (52.8% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 704 votes (41.1% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 73 votes (4.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 14 votes (0.8% vs. 0.5%), among the 1,713 ballots cast by the township's 3,476 registered voters, yielding a 49.3% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).The Rochelle Park School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Midland School, which opened in 1926.As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 511 students and 42.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1