| Election Name: | Jersey City mayoral special election, 2004 |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Country: | New Jersey |
| Previous Election: | Jersey City mayoral election, 2001 |
| Previous Year: | 2001 |
| Next Election: | Jersey City mayoral election, 2005 |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Jerramiah Healy |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote1: | 17,401 |
| Percentage1: | 27.78% |
| Candidate2: | Louis Manzo |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote2: | 15,159 |
| Percentage2: | 24.20% |
| Candidate3: | L. Harvey Smith |
| Party3: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,672 |
| Percentage3: | 21.83% |
| Candidate4: | Willie L. Flood |
| Party4: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote4: | 9,286 |
| Percentage4: | 14.82% |
| Candidate5: | Steve Lipski |
| Party5: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,946 |
| Percentage5: | 6.30% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | L. Harvey Smith |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jerramiah Healy |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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%).[1] 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.
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.[2]
The candidates were as follows:[3]