Ballot positions have been drawn for the May 12th Municipal election in Bayonne. Whether residents choose to cast early ballots or vote on Election Day itself, they will find three candidates for Mayor on the ballot, along with numerous candidates running for the City’s Council seats.
Interim Mayor Robert Kubert, who is fulfilling the unexpired term of former Mayor Jimmy Davis, who won election as Hudson County’s new Sheriff last November, has chosen not to seek election to a full, four-year term.
The candidates for Mayor and their ballot positions are as follows:
Mayor – Vote for one:
Sharon Ashe Nadrowski – 1A
Loyad Booker – 2A (Current Councilman At Large)
Mary Jane Desmond – 3A
A total of 17 candidates are running for City Council. The names and ballot positions are as follows:
Council Member At-Large – Vote for two. Candidates who are running mates are bracketed together:
Anthony Acosta – 4B
Melissa Enriquez-Rada – 5B
Ramon Veloz 6B
(Enriquez-Rada and Veloz are bracketed together.)
Mariam Salama – 7B
Mark Bottino – 8B
(Salama and Bottino are bracketed together.)
First Ward Council Member – Vote for one.
Gene Perry – 9 C
Neil Carroll – 10 C (Current Councilman)
Jim Pearl – 11 C
Dawn Lavelle – 12 C
Second Ward Council Member – Vote for one.
Melissa Godesky Rodriguez – 9 C
Salvatore Gullace – 10 C
Omar Elgarhi – 11 C
Karen Fiermonte – 12 C
Third Ward Council Member – Vote for one.
Tommy Gillen – 9 C
John Milan Sebik – 10 C
Gary LaPelusa, Sr. – 11 C. (Current Council President)
Patrick Devaney, Sr. – 12 C
Councilman At Large Juan Perez has chosen not to seek re-election. 2nd Ward Councilwoman Jacqueline Weimmer is also not running for re-election.
The polls will be open on May 12th from 6 am until 8 pm.