Runoff Ballot Drawing: City Clerk Madelene Medina held a ballot drawing for City Council runoff elections in the Second Ward and Third Ward.  These runoff elections are scheduled for Tuesday, June 9. In both of those wards, the candidates who led in the first round of municipal elections on May 12 will appear on the ballot. They are Melissa Godesky Rodriguez in Ward Two and Tommy Gillen in Ward Three. Runoff elections normally include the top two candidates from the first round of voting. In both the Second and Third Wards, all of the other candidates declined to participate as the second candidate in the runoffs.  However, the runoffs are still required by state law in the Second and Third Wards, because no candidate for either Council seat received 50% of the vote plus one in the election held on May 12.   

On Wednesday, May 20, Bayonne

City Clerk Madelene Medina held a drawing for ballot positions for the Bayonne Municipal Council Runoff Elections, which will take place on Tuesday, June 9, in the Second and Third Wards. She conducted the drawing in the City Council Chambers. A representative of Royal Printing, the company that prints the ballots, assisted Clerk Medina at the event.  The runoff elections are required by law, because no candidate in either the Second or Third Ward received 50% of the vote plus one in the first round of municipal elections that took place on Tuesday, May 12.            

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            On Thursday, March 12, Bayonne City Clerk Madelene Medina held a drawing for ballot positions for the 2026 Bayonne Municipal Election, which will take place on Tuesday, May 12. She conducted the drawing in the City Council Chambers in the presence of several candidates, campaign representatives, municipal officials, and others.  Executives from Royal Printing, the company that prints the ballots, assisted Clerk Medina at the event. 

            To conduct the drawing, Royal Printing prepared printed slips of paper with each candidate’s name and placed all of the slips in envelopes for each office.  Clerk Medina opened each envelope, spread the slips of paper on the Council Chambers dais, and allowed the candidates and others to check the names on all the slips of paper.  For each office, she placed the slips in a box, shook the box, and then withdrew each slip of paper until all candidates had a place on the ballot. 

            The ballot positions drawn were as follows:

            Mayor – Vote for one: 

            Sharon Ashe Nadrowski – 1A

            Loyad Booker – 2A

            Mary Jane Desmond – 3A

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

            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

Patrick Devaney, Sr. – 12 C

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On Thursday evening, February 19th, Loyad Booker announced his full council running mates at Bayonne’s Chandelier Restaurant.

His running mates for the May 12th municipal elections are 1st Ward Councilman Neil Carroll, former 2nd Ward Councilman Sal Gullace, 3rd Ward Councilman Gary La Pelusa, the council president, with Ramon Veloz and Melissa Enriquez-Rada at-large.

At the Chandelier event, Booker spoke about the key priorities of his campaign, including promoting responsible development and investing in infrastructure and community services. public safety, supporting local businesses, and enhancing transparency and accountability in city government.

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The Ashe-Nadrowski ticket running mates for May, 2026 are  Gene Perry,  running in the 1st Ward, Board of Education Trustee  Melissa Godesky-Rodriquez in the 2nd Ward, Tom Gillen in the 3rd Ward, and Miriam Salama and Mark Bottino for Council at-large.

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