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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
| 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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