2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

The Jersey City 2004 mayoral special election took place on November 2, 2004. Democrat Jerramiah Healy won the election with 28% of the vote over his nearest rivals (Assemblyman Lou Manzo, 24%, and Acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith, 22%).^[1] The previous Mayor Glenn Cunningham, the first African-American Mayor died of a heart attack five months prior and L. Harvey Smith became Acting Mayor. There was also an election in 2005, which Healy also won.

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
Isaiah J. Gadsden
Jerramiah Healy
Steve Lipski
Hosam Mansour
Louis Manzo
Hilario Nunez, Jr.
Alfred Marc Pine
Thomas Short
L. Harvey Smith

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

References

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

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[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.^{[permanent dead link]}

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