Jersey City mayoral election, 2017

Jersey City mayoral election, 2017
November 7, 2017

 
Candidate Steven Fulop Bill Matsikoudis
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 30,279 8,763
Percentage 77.44% 22.41%
Mayor before election

Steven Fulop
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Steven Fulop
Democratic

The 2017 Jersey City mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017 to elect the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. Incumbent Steven Fulop won re-election to a second term.

The Mayor of Jersey City is elected on a non-partisan basis, where the candidates are not listed by political party. This was the first election held in November after a ballot question in 2016 was approved by voters, moving the election date from May.[1]

Candidates

It was heavily speculated that incumbent Mayor Steven Fulop would run for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2017, and would possibly not run for re-election as Mayor. However, in a surprise address on September 28, 2016, Fulop announced that he would not run for Governor, and would instead run for re-election, a decision which was reported to have caught even some of his closest allies off guard.[2]

For the first time since 1973, only two candidates filed for election: Fulop and Bill Matsikoudis, corporation counsel under previous Mayor Jerramiah Healy.[3]

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Results

Jersey City mayoral election, 2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Steven Fulop 30,279 77.44
Nonpartisan Bill Matsikoudis 8,763 22.41
Write-in Personal Choice 57 0.15
Total votes 39,099 100.00

References

  1. ↑ McDonald, Terrence T. (November 10, 2016). "Approval of Jersey City elections referendum helped by Downtown voters". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. 1 2 McDonald, Terrence T. (September 28, 2016). "Fulop announces re-election bid, ending flirtation with governor run". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 McDonald, Terrence T. (September 5, 2017). "Jersey City voters to have just two choices in mayor's race". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ McDonald, Terrence T. (November 15, 2016). "Bill Matsikoudis announces bid for Jersey City mayor". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ McDonald, Terrence T. (November 18, 2016). "Charles Mainor, ex-assemblyman, to run for Jersey City mayor". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  6. 1 2 McDonald, Terrence T. (August 7, 2017). "Charles Mainor backs out of Jersey City mayor's race". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Heinis, John; Guest, Katherine (October 16, 2015). "Jersey City Councilman Boggiano: 'I'd like to probably run for mayor' in 2017". Hudson County View. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ Heinis, John (April 5, 2017). "Jersey City Councilmen Boggiano, Yun seeking re-election as independents". Hudson County View. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ Alfaro, Alyana (January 13, 2017). "Source: NJ Senator Cunningham Considering Jersey City Mayoral Run". Observer. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  10. 1 2 Alfaro, Alyana (March 22, 2017). "Hudson County Democrats Announce Primary Candidates". Observer. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  11. 1 2 McDonald, Terrence T. (October 1, 2016). "Fulop transforms next Jersey City mayor's race". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  12. 1 2 McDonald, Terrence T. (April 8, 2017). "Jersey City councilman Michael Yun assembling team to erase Mayor Fulop's council majority". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Hudson County General Election 2017, Statement of Vote, November 7, 2017" (PDF). Hudson County Clerk's Office. November 16, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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