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.
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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
editThe 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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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