2017 Hoboken mayoral election

2017 Hoboken mayoral election

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Turnout43.2%[1]
 
Candidate Ravinder Bhalla Michael DeFusco
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 5,041 4,557
Percentage 32.75% 29.60%

 
Candidate Anthony Romano Jen Giattino
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 2,804 2,537
Percentage 18.21% 16.48%

Mayor before election

Dawn Zimmer
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ravinder Bhalla
Democratic

The Hoboken mayoral election of 2017 was an election to determine who will hold the office of Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey in the upcoming term of 2018–2022. The election took place on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced that she would not run for a third term on June 20, 2017, hoping to pursue climate change issues higher up in the chain of government, and endorsed City Councilman Ravinder Bhalla.[2] On November 7, Bhalla was elected mayor of Hoboken, with 32.75% of the vote, becoming the first Sikh mayor in New Jersey history,[3] and the first turbaned Sikh to be elected mayor in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference OfficialResults was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Heinis, John (June 20, 2017). "Zimmer confirms she won't seek re-election, endorses Bhalla for Hoboken mayor". Hudson County View. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. ^ McDonald, Corey (November 7, 2017). "Ravi Bhalla wins Hoboken election, becomes N.J.'s first Sikh mayor". NJ.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Otterman, Sharon (November 8, 2017). "In a City of Firsts, Hoboken Elects a Sikh as Mayor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 10, 2017.