Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004

Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004

November 2, 2004

Candidate Jerramiah Healy Melissa Holloway Party Democratic Nonpartisan Popular vote 18,329 4,638 Percentage 75.08% 19.00 %

Mayor before election L. Harvey Smith Democratic Elected Mayor Jerramiah Healy Democratic

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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

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