2017 Hoboken mayoral election
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The Hoboken mayoral election of 2017 was an election to determine the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey in the 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]
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November 7, 2017
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| Turnout | 43.2%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candidates
Six candidates in total ran in the election:[5]
Declared
- Ronald Bautista, safer streets activist[6]
- Ravinder Bhalla, city councilman, at-large[7]
- Michael DeFusco, city councilman, 1st Ward[8]
- Jen Giattino, city council president, 6th Ward[9]
- Karen Nason, restaurateur[10]
- Anthony Romano, Hudson County freeholder[11]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Ravi Bhalla | 5,041 | 32.75 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael DeFusco | 4,557 | 29.60 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anthony L. Romano | 2,804 | 18.21 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jen Giattino | 2,537 | 16.48 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Nason | 237 | 1.54 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronald Bautista | 211 | 1.37 | |
| Write-In | Personal Choice | 7 | 0.05 | |
| Total votes | 15,394 | 100.00 | ||
