2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

2004 Jersey City mayoral special election

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 was held on November 2, 2004 to elect a successor to Glenn Cunningham, who died in office of a heart attack. Jerramiah Healy won the election with 28 percent of the vote over his nearest rivals Lou Manzo and acting mayor L. Harvey Smith.

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.