2009 Jersey City mayoral election

The 2009 Jersey City non-partisan mayoral election occurred on May 12, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Jerramiah Healy (Democrat) won re-election. Former Mayor Bret Schundler (Republican) was going to run, but dropped out in January 2009 for financial reasons. Healy needed a 51% vote to hold off a second round (like the 2004 and 2005 elections). Healy won the election with 53% vote against 4 other candidates. The voter turnout was only 30,658.[3]

2009 Jersey City mayoral election

May 12, 2009 (2009-05-12)
 
Candidate Jerramiah Healy Louis Manzo
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 19,000 8,059 [1]
Percentage 53% [2] 26% [2]

 
Candidate L. Harvey Smith Dan Levin
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote 3,958 [1] 1,704 [1]
Percentage 12%[3] 5.6% [3]

Mayor before election

Jerramiah Healy
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jerramiah Healy
Democratic

Democratic candidates

Announced

Republican candidates

Declined

Bret Schundler, former Mayor (1992–2001) [7]

Independent Candidates

Announced

  • Dan Levin, Activist and founder of CivicJC [8]

Declined

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - Jersey City Mayor Race - May 12, 2009".
  2. "FOX 5 New York". September 22, 2021.
  3. "Election '09: Healy Wins, Two Council Seats Head to Runoff | the Jersey City Independent". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  4. "HEALY: I GOT IT DONE - NJ.com". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  5. "New Jersey Politics | NJ Politics".
  6. "New Jersey Politics | NJ Politics".
  7. "Bret Schundler drops out of Jersey City mayoral race". January 13, 2009.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "New Jersey Politics | NJ Politics".
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