Asbury Park resident Harold Suggs, of 1011 Fifth Ave., has filed to run for mayor in the November 4 municipal elections.
All five council seats are up for grabs and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor.
Suggs has entered a bid for a city council seat in three previous elections, in 2005, 2009, and 2013, he said.
Asbury Park voters approved a change of government referendum in the last November general election, which cut short the terms of all five seated council members. The referendum was placed on the ballot by the city’s charter study commission.
As a result of the change, municipal elections will now be held in November. The elections will continue to be non-partisan, where all candidates run in one column without party affiliations. Candidates may continue to group themselves as tickets.
Suggs will square off against incumbent Mayor Myra Campbell, Councilman John B. Moor and Remond Palmer for the city’s mayorship.
In order to win election as mayor, one candidate must secure more than 50 percent of the popular vote. If no candidate gets over 50 percent of the vote on election day, a run-off election of the top two candidates will be held four weeks later. That will require the winner to get a majority, either in the first round or the runoff.
Elections will be held Tuesday, Nov. 4. If necessary, runoffs will be held Dec. 2, according to City Clerk Steve Kay.
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