Jersey City Mayoral Campaign
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Confidence:
95%
Key Facts
Type
Campaign
Sector
Not specified
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
United States
Also Known As
2009 Jersey City mayoral election
Tags
mayoral election2009Hudson CountyDemocraticNew Jersey politics
Overall Confidence
95%
Internal Notes
No notes
Key Information
Positions
No positions added
Campaign Type
Local
Candidate
Jerramiah T. Healy
Election Date
5/12/2009
Office
Mayor of Jersey City
Jurisdiction
Jersey City, New Jersey
FEC ID
Not specified
Status
Won
About
The 2009 Jersey City mayoral election campaign was a local, non-partisan race that culminated in the November 3, 2009, election, where incumbent Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy (Democrat), who had served since 2004, won re-election with 47.8% of the vote. He defeated independent challenger Michael Lenz (34.4%), Reform Party candidate Don X. DeMarco (13.4%), and others, amid low voter turnout and controversies over Healy's administration, including corruption allegations against associates.
Key Relationships
YF
Yitzchok Friedlander
financed
Friedlander laundered cash that Dwek represented as illegal campaign contributions to various Jersey City political candidates.
Since 2009
Recent Events
Won re-election as Jersey City Mayor
Incumbent Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy won re-election with 47.8% of the vote in the Jersey City mayoral election
11/3/2009
Financed: Yitzchok Friedlander → Michael Manzo
Friedlander was involved in laundering funds intended for payments to political candidates and public officials like Manzo to secure development favors.
1/1/2009
Elected as Jersey City Mayor
Jerramiah T. Healy had served as Mayor since 2004
1/1/2004