Joyce Watterman
Joyce Watterman is an at-large member of the Jersey City Council in New Jersey. She assumed office in 2011. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Watterman ran for election for Mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey. She lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in Jersey City, New Jersey (2025)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Jersey City
James McGreevey and James Solomon are running in the general runoff election for Mayor of Jersey City on December 2, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | James McGreevey (Nonpartisan) | |
 | James Solomon (Nonpartisan) | |
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General election
General election for Mayor of Jersey City
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Jersey City on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Solomon (Nonpartisan) | 29.1 | 17,200 |
| ✔ | | James McGreevey (Nonpartisan) | 25.4 | 15,042 |
| William O'Dea (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 12,750 | ||
 | Mussab Ali (Nonpartisan) | 18.3 | 10,843 | |
 | Joyce Watterman (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 2,282 | |
 | Christina Freeman (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 865 | |
| Kalki Jayne-Rose (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 151 | ||
| Total votes: 59,133 | |||
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2021
See also: City elections in Jersey City, New Jersey (2021)
General election
General election for Jersey City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Jersey City Council At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joyce Watterman (Nonpartisan) | 20.4 | 19,666 |
| ✔ |  | Daniel Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 18,884 |
| ✔ |  | Amy DeGise (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 18,386 |
 | Chris Gadsden (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 11,760 | |
| June Jones (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 10,043 | ||
 | Rolando Lavarro (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 9,306 | |
 | Elvin Dominici (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 8,271 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 211 | ||
| Total votes: 96,527 | |||
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2017
Jersey City, New Jersey, held a general election for mayor, three at large city council seats, and six by district city council seats on November 7, 2017. Any race where no candidate earns a majority of the votes cast in the general election advanced to the runoff election on December 5, 2017. The following candidates ran in the general election for the three at-large city council seats.[1]
| Jersey City Council, At-Large General Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rolando R. Lavarro Jr. Incumbent |
24.69% | 20,470 |
| Joyce Watterman Incumbent |
23.28% | 19,303 |
| Daniel Rivera Incumbent |
22.91% | 18,989 |
| Sean Connors | 7.17% | 5,943 |
| Esmeralda Trinidad | 6.76% | 5,607 |
| Esther Winter | 6.64% | 5,505 |
| Michael Winds | 6.18% | 5,123 |
| Brian Lane | 2.29% | 1,897 |
| Write-in votes | 0.08% | 64 |
| Total Votes | 82,901 | |
| Source: Hudson County Clerk, "General Election 2017 Election Results," November 14, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Joyce Watterman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Joyce Watterman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Recent news
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Jersey City |
Officeholder Jersey City Council At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Email correspondance with Irene McNulty, Jersey City Deputy City Clerk," September 13, 2017
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