Mayors of Bloomfield, 1953-2015(may beincomplete!) JackWaller 1953-56LouisT. Faverino 1956-58JesseShindler 1958-60C.H. Otto 1960-62H.Daniel Sullivan 1962-64JohnnyDuncan 1964-68VictorA. Motto, Jr. 1968-74ElwardC. Wagoner 1974-78VirginiaA. Kittell 1978WilliamI. Huntington 1978-82CarolL. Halvorson 1982ErvaLynch 1982-86RichardT. Toliver 1986-90ArtKittell 1990-95SamMohler 1995-98SidneyL. Maestas 1998-2001KeithW. Johnson 2001-06ScottEckstein 2006- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1953:JackWaller, elected. 1954:JackWaller, elected. 1956 Jan 26:JackWaller, resigned;LouisT. Faverino, appointed. 1956 Apr 3:LouisT. Faverino (Better Bloomfield Ticket), elected;HenryPhelps (Bigger Bloomfield Ticket), defeated. 1958:JesseShindler, elected. 1960 Apr 6:C.H. Otto, elected;JesseShindler, defeated. 1962 Apr 3:H.Daniel Sullivan, elected unopposed. 1964:JohnnyDuncan, elected. 1966:JohnnyDuncan, elected. 1968:VictorA. Motto, Jr., elected. 1970:VictorA. Motto, Jr., elected. 1972 Mar 7:VictorA. Motto, Jr., elected;W.W. 'Woody' Mauldin, defeated. 1974 Mar 5:ElwardC. Wagoner, elected. 1976 Mar 2:ElwardC. Wagoner, elected. 1978 Mar 7:VirginiaA. Kittell, elected;IreneZufelt, defeated;JasperConner, Jr., defeated. 1978 Sep 25:VirginiaA. Kittell, died in office. 1982 Mar 2:CarolL. Halvorson, elected;EthelL. Place, defeated;ShellyShellcrosslee, defeated. 1982 Apr 22:CarolL. Halvorson, died in office. 1982 May 6:ErvaLynch, appointed. 1986 Mar 4:RichardT. Toliver, elected;JohnP. Mitchell, defeated. 1990:ArtKittell, elected. 1994 Mar 1:ArtKittell, elected unopposed. 1995 May 16:ArtKittell, resigned. 1995 May 18:SamMohler, appointed. 1998 Mar 3:SidneyL. Maestas, elected;BlancheH. Wagoner, defeated;DaleL. Walls, defeated. 2001 Jan 14:SidneyL. Maestas, resigned. 2001 Jan 18:KeithW. Johnson, appointed. 2002 Mar 5:KeithW. Johnson, elected unopposed. 2006 Mar 7:ScottEckstein, elected;ElwinRoark, elected;HondoSeitzinger, defeated;MarkDustin, defeated. | |
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