Dawn Zimmer

Dawn Zimmer is the 38th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. As president of the Hoboken City Council, she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammaranos resignation on July 31, 2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for the balance of Cammaranos term on November 6, 2009 and was reelected mayor for another 4year term in November 2013. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, she was ranked 3,and 5, respectively, on The Hudson Reporters list of the 50 most influential people in Hudson County.

Dawn Zimmer was born in Towson, Maryland, and raised in Laconia, New Hampshire. She is of German and Irish descent. She attended public schools and graduated cum laude in 1990 from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in history.

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