Jersey_City_mayoral_special_election,_2004

2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

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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.

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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

The candidates were as follows:[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "New Jersey Politics | NJ Politics".
  2. [2]
    Miller, Jonathan (October 10, 2004). "POLITICS; the Naked and the Dead". The New York Times.
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    "Hudson County 2004 General Election Candidates". Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  4. [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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