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Nude photos, felons, and 11 candidates: it's election time in Jersey City

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Nude photos, felons, and 11 candidates: it's election time in Jersey City

STEVE STRUNSKY

Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - From the photo seeming to show one candidate passed out naked on his front stoop, to the convicted felon advising another candidate's campaign, the special election for mayor of Jersey City is, in the words of one former official, a "wild and woolly" contest.

There are 11 candidates on the Nov. 2 ballot to replace Glenn D. Cunningham, who died of a heart attack in May. There would have been an even dozen if a state judge had not disqualified former Police Chief Ronald Buonocore for failing to prove he had lived in the city for the past year.

"Things seem to be getting wild and woolly," said former Mayor Bret D. Schundler, New Jersey's 2001 Republican gubernatorial nominee, who launched his political career in a special election here in 1992, topping a field of 19 candidates.

Tuesday's race for control of the state's second largest city, and one of its strongest economic engines, is to fill Cunningham's unexpired term ending June 30. A separate election is to fill his state Senate term.

Unlike a regular mayoral election, which requires more than 50 percent of the vote, the candidate who receives the most support in the special election wins. Schundler, for example, got just 18 percent in his victory.

The contest includes several rivals who were once allies in the Cunningham camp: former Councilwoman Willie Flood, who heads the political organization Cunningham founded; Assemblyman Lou Manzo, a Cunningham running mate in last November's legislative race; and Councilman Steve Lipski, a strong Cunningham's supporter.

Flood has the endorsement of Cunningham's widow, Sandra Bolden Cunningham, who decided not to run herself, and who had originally endorsed Buonocore.

Council President L. Harvey Smith, who became acting mayor upon Cunningham's death, is running on what he says is his record of hiring police, building housing and balancing the city's $370 million budget.

There are also several political unknowns who qualified for ballot slots, which only required a minimum of 100 signatures from among the city's 119,000 registered voters.

One of the best-known candidates, Councilman Jeremiah Healy, has drawn the most unwanted attention of the race after photographs were taken of him early the morning of Aug. 21 by a teenager walking past Healy's house.

"I was walking down the block and I see this guy naked on his front porch, and my friend tells me he's running for mayor, so I go running back and start taking his picture," said Hector Rodriguez, 18, who used a camera phone. "My friend, she just started buggin' out."

Before snapping the pictures, Rodriguez said he tried to talk Healy into going inside, but he could not budge the candidate.

Rodriguez said he initially considered using the photos to blackmail Healy, though he decided against it. He said he doesn't support any of the candidates, and he only learned that the photo had been posted on the Internet after he gave a copy to a friend.

Healy did not deny that the photograph was authentic, or that he had been drinking alcohol. But he insisted he had been lured outside by someone banging his trash can, and that he was not naked when he walked out.

"This was 3 a.m., and I was at my house. I was on my porch, and someone comes around and pulls a towel off of me," said Healy, who did not accuse Rodriguez. "I certainly don't think it has any relevancy. It's just another dirty political trick."

Healy said he suspected it was someone connected with the Manzo campaign and its political strategist, former Mayor Gerald McCann, who was ousted as mayor in 1992 following a federal bank fraud conviction, but has remained politically active.

"Some people will do anything to win election, and I think these two gentlemen, Louis Manzo and Gerry McCann, are those kinds of people," Healy said.

McCann denied that he or the Manzo campaign were involved.

"I think a lot of people are failing to focus on the real issue," McCann said, "which is Healy's conduct."

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: Nude photos, felons, and 11 candidates: it's election time in Jersey City

: STEVE STRUNSKY

: Associated Press

: JERSEY CITY, N.J. - From the photo seeming to show one candidate passed out naked on his front stoop, to the convicted felon advising another candidate's campaign, the special election for mayor of Jersey City is, in the words of one former official, a "wild and woolly" contest.

: There are 11 candidates on the Nov. 2 ballot to replace Glenn D. Cunningham, who died of a heart attack in May. There would have been an even dozen if a state judge had not disqualified former Police Chief Ronald Buonocore for failing to prove he had lived in the city for the past year.

: "Things seem to be getting wild and woolly," said former Mayor Bret D. Schundler, New Jersey's 2001 Republican gubernatorial nominee, who launched his political career in a special election here in 1992, topping a field of 19 candidates.

: Tuesday's race for control of the state's second largest city, and one of its strongest economic engines, is to fill Cunningham's unexpired term ending June 30. A separate election is to fill his state Senate term.

: Unlike a regular mayoral election, which requires more than 50 percent of the vote, the candidate who receives the most support in the special election wins. Schundler, for example, got just 18 percent in his victory.

: The contest includes several rivals who were once allies in the Cunningham camp: former Councilwoman Willie Flood, who heads the political organization Cunningham founded; Assemblyman Lou Manzo, a Cunningham running mate in last November's legislative race; and Councilman Steve Lipski, a strong Cunningham's supporter.

: Flood has the endorsement of Cunningham's widow, Sandra Bolden Cunningham, who decided not to run herself, and who had originally endorsed Buonocore.

: Council President L. Harvey Smith, who became acting mayor upon Cunningham's death, is running on what he says is his record of hiring police, building housing and balancing the city's $370 million budget.

: There are also several political unknowns who qualified for ballot slots, which only required a minimum of 100 signatures from among the city's 119,000 registered voters.

: One of the best-known candidates, Councilman Jeremiah Healy, has drawn the most unwanted attention of the race after photographs were taken of him early the morning of Aug. 21 by a teenager walking past Healy's house.

: "I was walking down the block and I see this guy naked on his front porch, and my friend tells me he's running for mayor, so I go running back and start taking his picture," said Hector Rodriguez, 18, who used a camera phone. "My friend, she just started buggin' out."

: Before snapping the pictures, Rodriguez said he tried to talk Healy into going inside, but he could not budge the candidate.

: Rodriguez said he initially considered using the photos to blackmail Healy, though he decided against it. He said he doesn't support any of the candidates, and he only learned that the photo had been posted on the Internet after he gave a copy to a friend.

: Healy did not deny that the photograph was authentic, or that he had been drinking alcohol. But he insisted he had been lured outside by someone banging his trash can, and that he was not naked when he walked out.

: "This was 3 a.m., and I was at my house. I was on my porch, and someone comes around and pulls a towel off of me," said Healy, who did not accuse Rodriguez. "I certainly don't think it has any relevancy. It's just another dirty political trick."

: Healy said he suspected it was someone connected with the Manzo campaign and its political strategist, former Mayor Gerald McCann, who was ousted as mayor in 1992 following a federal bank fraud conviction, but has remained politically active.

: "Some people will do anything to win election, and I think these two gentlemen, Louis Manzo and Gerry McCann, are those kinds of people," Healy said.

: McCann denied that he or the Manzo campaign were involved.

: "I think a lot of people are failing to focus on the real issue," McCann said, "which is Healy's conduct."

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