Kearny Council President Carol Jean Doyle became the mayor elect last night, securing a close victory over Acting Mayor Peter Santana.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Doyle racked up 1,720 votes, surpassing Republican candidate Sydney Ferreira, who got 1,439 votes. Santana, who was endorsed by the Hudson County Democratic Organization, received 1,412 votes, according to preliminary tallies from the Hudson County Clerk’s Office.
He was appointed in July after longtime Mayor Al Santos was nominated for a Hudson County Superior Court judgeship.
According to The Observer, the only other woman who has served as mayor of Kearny was Therese Jones, who became mayor herself when her own husband, Arthur Jones, died in office in 1938.
Jones’s mayoralty was the briefest in town history, with Santana’s being the second briefest.
