BAYONNE AND BEYOND– Mayor Mark Smith in Bayonne carried his ticket to a nearly complete victory on Tuesday night, winning his seat by a three to one margin over Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone and retired police officer Leonard Kantor, while carrying his two at-large candidates Terrence Ruane and Debra Czerwienski to victory, as well as his 2nd Ward candidate, Joe Hurley.
In the 1st and 3rd wards, there will be June runoff elections between Thomas J. Cotter and Agnes Gillespie in the 1st and Ray Greaves and Gary LaPelusa in the 3rd.
Smith won with 7,402 votes or more than 66 percent of the vote over Chiappone, who had 2,503, and Kantor with 1,239.
For more on this story, see the cover of the Bayonne Community News on Wednesday.