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Mayors of Bloomfield, New Jersey

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Bloomfield, New Jersey was incorporated on March 23, 1812. It operates under a Special Charter granted under an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The township is governed by a mayor and a six-member Township Council. The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at-large, and one member from each of three wards, with all positions chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. Councilmembers are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with the three at-large seats (and the mayoral seat) up for election together and the three ward seats coming up for election two years later.[1] Bloomfield's charter, retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator.[2] The mayors are:[3]

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  1. ^ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 128.
  2. ^ "Chapter V: Special Charters", New Jersey State Library. Accessed June 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Mayors of Bloomfield, New Jersey". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  4. ^ "Bloomfield Council Selects Ted Gamble to Serve as Interim Mayor". bloomfieldtwpnj.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ a b "Bloomfield elects first new mayor in 12 years, East Orange mayoral candidate formally seals win". NJ.com. November 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-31. Michael Venezia won a three-year term and will be the township's first new mayor in 12 years.
  6. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. 1998. ISBN 9781577410720. Assemblywoman Crecco is married to John I. Crecco, a deputy state athletic commissioner and former mayor of Bloomfield ...
  7. ^ "Historical Society of Bloomfield - Video Archive". bloomfieldhistorical.org. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  8. ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1921). The Anti-saloon League Year Book. Frederic R. Pilch, Mayor of Bloomfield, N.J.