Two Challengers, Mayor Win Teaneck Township Council Seats
Voters deny re-election bids of two council members.
Note: This report has been updated with new numbers provided by the Township Clerk Wednesday morning. The updated numbers now include vote-by-mail ballots. Teaneck’s mayor, a town ambulance service volunteer and a school board member won seats on the Township Council Tuesday night. Mohammed Hameeduddin, Bergen County’s first Muslim mayor, was re-elected by a wide margin, netting 4,501 votes, according to unofficial totals released by the town clerk. Mark Schwartz, a council newcomer and Planning Board member, won his first four-year term with 3,254 votes. Henry Pruitt, a school board member and former board president, also won his first term on the council with 2,943 votes. Councilwoman Barbara Toffler lost her bid for a second term with …
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Jacob
11:35 am on Sunday, May 13, 2012
I am looking forward to some new faces on the Council. I am a little worried though about a comment made by Mr. Pruitt in today's Bergen Record. He said, "My intention is to form alliances with those people who are interested in the things I am interested in and work toward convincing the rest of the people if they want to listen to other points of view." What about the Teaneck residents that are… more ›