Doris Meyer Mahalick (October 23, 1924 – October 17, 2008) was an American

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official who served on the Bergen County, New Jersey

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. She served as the mayor of

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in 1967. In 1986, she sought the Democratic nomination for

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after voters changed the form of government; party leaders instead picked State Senator Matthew Feldman as their candidate. She declined to seek re-election as Freeholder, and in the general election she endorsed Feldman's Republican opponent,

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. After McDowell won, Mahalick joined his administration. She retired to

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and

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, and died in 2008 at age 83 after battles with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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