Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2025, the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.^[1]

Bergen County's Commissioners are Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, 2025),^[2] Vice Chair Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2027),^[3] Chair Pro Tem Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2026),^[4] Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield, 2026),^[5] Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, 2025),^[6] Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale, 2025)^[7] and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, 2027).^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Bergen County's elected constitutional officials are Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),^[15][16] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2027)^[17][18] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).^{[19][20][11][21]}