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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%). 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.
