2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

2004 Jersey City mayoral special election
November 2, 2004
 
Candidate Jerramiah Healy Louis Manzo L. Harvey Smith
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 17,401 15,159 13,672
Percentage 27.78% 24.20% 21.83%
 
Candidate Willie L. Flood Steve Lipski
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 9,286 3,946
Percentage 14.82% 6.30%
Mayor before election

L. Harvey Smith
Democratic

Elected mayor

Jerramiah Healy
Democratic

The Jersey City 2004 mayoral special election was held on November 2, 2004 to elect a successor to Glenn Cunningham, who died in office of a heart attack. Jerramiah Healy won the election with 28 percent of the vote over his nearest rivals Lou Manzo and acting mayor L. Harvey Smith.[1]

The election was marked by attempts to claim the legacy of deceased Mayor Cunningham, innuendo, and a picture of the eventual winner drunk and naked on his front porch.[2]

Candidates

The candidates were as follows:[3]

  • Dwayne Baskerville
  • Willie L. Flood, former Jersey City councilor and candidate in the 1992 special mayoral election (Democratic)
  • Isaiah J. Gadsden
  • Jerramiah Healy, former chief municipal judge and candidate in the 1997 mayoral election (Democratic)
  • Steve Lipski, Jersey City councilor (Democratic)
  • Hosam Mansour
  • Louis Manzo, state assemblyman, former Hudson County freeholder, and candidate for mayor in 1992 and 1993 (Democratic)
  • Hilario Nunez, Jr.
  • Alfred Marc Pine
  • Thomas Short
  • L. Harvey Smith, acting mayor and former state senator (Democratic)

Results

Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Jerramiah Healy 17,401 27.78
Nonpartisan Louis M. Manzo 15,159 24.20
Nonpartisan L. Harvey Smith 13,672 21.83
Nonpartisan Willie L. Flood 9,286 14.82
Nonpartisan Steve Lipski 3,946 6.30
Nonpartisan Hilario Nunez, Jr. 759 1.21
Nonpartisan Hosam Mansour 633 1.01
Nonpartisan Dwayne Baskerville 594 0.95
Nonpartisan Isaiah J. Gadsden 482 0.77
Nonpartisan Alfred Marc Pine 449 0.72
Nonpartisan Thomas Short 219 0.35
Write-In Personal Choice 41 0.07
Total votes 62,641 100.00

Aftermath

Healy won an election to the next full term in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009 and defeated by Steven Fulop in 2013.

References

  1. ^ "New Jersey Politics | NJ Politics".
  2. ^ Miller, Jonathan (October 10, 2004). "POLITICS; the Naked and the Dead". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Hudson County 2004 General Election Candidates". Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  4. ^ "2004 COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Hudson County Clerk's Office. November 12, 2004. Retrieved February 26, 2017.


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