January 23, 2009 - 9:23am
Inside Edge

A very clear signal that Cunningham won't challenge Healy

If State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) was running for Mayor of Jersey City, then State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) wouldn't have attended Mayor Jerramiah Healy's campaign kickoff last night.

The speculation that State Senator Sandra Cunningham will run for Mayor of Jersey City in 2009 is likely over, even though Cunningham has not yet announced her plans.  The attendance of one of her close friends and political allies, State Senator Raymond Lesniak, at a rally for Mayor Jerramiah Healy last night is a clear signal that Cunningham will not run. 

Cunningham, who was the First Lady of Jersey City when her late husband, Glenn Cunningham, was Mayor from 2001 to 2004, was among the few major Democratic leaders who did not attend the Healy event - perhaps to keep the drama going a bit.  But it's likely, Democratic insiders say, that she will endorse Healy.

 

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