2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004

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 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%). 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.

Candidates

The candidates were as follows:

• 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

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