The Hoboken Girl Team 
On November 4th, 2025, ballots were counted in the municipal races in Hoboken, New Jersey. As of 6AM Wednesday, November 5th, no candidate has a majority of the votes. In this scenario, a follow-up election called a runoff will be held on December 2nd, 2025 to establish a winner among the two mayoral candidates with the most votes.
What is a Runoff?
Runoff elections take place in certain elections when no candidate reaches a sufficient majority, typically 50 percent plus one, in a given election. A runoff election is essentially a rematch election, since it is a second election held weeks afterwards to establish a clear victor with a sufficient majority (50 percent plus one).
As stipulated by New Jersey’s Election Statutes + Rules, runoffs are conducted for non-partisan municipal elections in municipalities throughout the state when no majority is met to elect a Mayor, Ward Councilman, or the required number of Councilmen-at-Large (or commissioners, or village trustees) for that municipality.
In Hoboken runoff elections have taken place in past municipal races, including the election of Paul Presinzano in 2023. Paul Presinzano won his City Council seat in a runoff election against Rafi Cordova, who both captured a significant number of votes in the original election, but with no clear majority until the runoff.
As of 10:30PM on Election Night, a runoff is likely, with Michael Russo with 24.76% of the vote, and Emily Jabbour with 27.34% of the vote, and 83.33% reporting. But in local elections, races can be too close to count till close to 90% reported.
So these are not official results, but likely/projected. This will be updated in the morning (we’re a small team of 5!). Right now, as of 10:30PM, a runoff for Hoboken Mayor 2025 is likely.
As of 6AM on Wednesday, November 5th, 100% of the Hoboken precincts’ votes have been recorded. While the results are still unofficial, the likelihood of a runoff election is all but certain.
