Beth Mason

Elizabeth Abruzese Mason (born ) She attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where she served as student body president. In January 2003, she resigned from the position, citing the mayor's "unfulfilled promises" and his reappointment of a board member who voted in favor of a project opposed by his administration. She proceeded to run her first campaign for the Hoboken City Council, but was defeated in a run-off election in June 2003 by incumbent Second Ward councilman Richard DelBoccio.

Lawsuits under the Open Public Records Act In March 2004, Mason filed the first of eight lawsuits she filed against the city of Hoboken before she was elected to the City Council in May 2007. In February 2008, she told The New York Times that the lawsuits were intended to uncover how Hoboken was spending its $79 million budget.

Campaign for mayor Mason ran for Hoboken Mayor in 2009, finishing in third place. The top two candidates Peter Cammarano and Dawn Zimmer faced off in a runoff election. Mason endorsed Zimmer, but Cammarano prevailed in a tight race, winning with just 161 votes.

After Cammarano was arrested by the FBI as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy probe known as Operation Bid Rig, Mason again faced Zimmer in the special election, along with five other opponents: businessman Frank Raia, former Hoboken Municipal Court Judge Kimberly Glatt, Hoboken Republican Club co-founder Nathan Brinkman, management consultant Everton A. Wilson, and former corrections officer Patricia Waiters. Zimmer won with 43% of the vote, while Mason finished in second place with 23%.

Personal life Mason met her husband Rick on her first day of college. They married during his senior year and moved to New Jersey after he was accepted to NYU Law School. They had two daughters.