Hoboken Mayor Will Run For 3rd Term, She Says

Hoboken, NJ – Dawn Zimmer will be running for a third term as mayor.

In a recent interview, Hoboken’s first female mayor told The Backgrounder that she planned to run again when her current term – begun in 2014 – is up.

"At the end of the day, I totally love the job,” Zimmer told The Backgrounder. “No offense to everybody in Congress, but we're getting things done."

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According to her biography on the municipal website, before entering politics, Zimmer worked for a large Japanese trading company and did crisis communications for a public relations firm. A photographer, she also served as marketing director for a family business, her biography states.

Zimmer is a Cum Laude Graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where she rowed crew for four years. Zimmer is also a runner who has participated in the New York City Marathon.

She lives in southwest Hoboken with her husband and two children.

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