Nasty Campaign Fails: Mayor Wins Record 5th Term In Ocean City, NJ

The politics of personal destruction failed miserably in Ocean City, New Jersey in the nasty campaign for Mayor and that’s a very good thing.

The relentless personal attacks against Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian did not work!

Ocean City, New Jersey Mayor Jay Gillian Has Won A Record 5th Term

It is very rare to win 5 straight elections for any elected position.

In Ventnor City, Ted Bergman and Tim Kreischer each won 4 terms … but, neither won a 5th straight term. Bergman actually came within 1 vote of winning a 5th term back in 1996.

Bergman finished in a tie with Kay McLernon and decided not to run in a special run-off election.

Nasty Campaign Was Waged Against Mayor Jay Gillian

It was done in the worst way, by hiding behind a shadowy Political Action Committee.

The challengers never needed to say a bad word about Gillian … because a faceless PAC did all of the trash-talking.

Fortunately, It Didn’t Work

This hopefully will bode well for the future. Because the PAC attack strategy against Gillian failed … it may discourage others from employing it in the future.

The Always Classy Jay Gillian Only Said Nice Things After The Election Results Were Confirmed

I want to thank my family, campaign volunteers and everyone who supported me in this important election. I also want to congratulate Pete and Keith on their well-run campaigns. Now it's time to bring unity back to the community and get to work. Ocean City is a wonderful place to live, work and play, and I'm looking forward to continuing our mission to make it even better for generations to come, said Mayor Jay Gillian.

Ocean City, New Jersey Unofficial Election Results

Unofficial Ocean City Mayor and City Council Results.

Congratulations to Mayor Jay Gillian. I really like it when a nasty campaign fails.

Unofficial Results
Mayor — Gillian Wins

Madden: 939
Hartzell: 1642
Gillian: 1981

City Council:

Top 3 vote-getters win

Barnes: 2942
Polcini: 2672
Kelly: 2778
Palaganas: 2270

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