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Clifton deadlocks on filling council vacancy

June 4, 2026 5:51 pm

It’s a tradition in Clifton that when a city council seat becomes vacant, the interim appointment goes to the person who received the next highest number of votes in the last election. But the death of three-term Councilman Bill Gibson...

Big election in Clifton, which will get first new mayor in 32 years

September 21, 2022 6:42 pmSeptember 21, 2022 9:24 pm

Clifton Mayor James Anzaldi has spent more than half of his life in local government, but his decision not to seek re-election means New Jersey’s eleventh-largest municipality – and the home of Rutt’s Hutt — will get its first new...

Huge field seeks 7 Clifton city council seats

November 3, 2018 5:49 pm

The entire Clifton City Council is up for election on Tuesday, with thirteen candidates seeking seven seats in a non-partisan election. Clifton switched from May to November local elections for the first time in 2014. All seven incumbents are seeking...