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Catherine Healy is an American local politician and the daughter of former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, Jerramiah T. Healy. She currently serves as deputy director and chief counsel at the Hudson County Department of Family Services and Reintegration. Healy was the 2025 Democratic city council candidate for Ward D, running on a slate with former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevy [1] but lost to independent candidate Jake Ephros. [2]
Catherine Healy was born to Jerramiah T. and Maureen Healy. She grew up in the Heights section of Jersey City [1] with siblings Jeremiah, Susanne, and Patrick. Healy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina in 2004, [3] and her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark. [4]
Healy passed the New Jersey bar in 2009. [5] She was an Assistant Prosecutor in the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office where she tried criminal cases. Healy founded and ran the Healy Law Office, a pro bono defense practice. [4]
Healy currently serves as deputy director and chief counsel at the Hudson County Department of Family Services and Reintegration. [6]
During the debate with her opponent Jake Ephros that streamed online on November 21, 2025, Healy stated that she was against universal rent control. [7]
In response to the $35,000 McGreevey took from one of the landowners of Heights University Hospital, [8] she said "Just because someone donates to our campaign, we don't acquiese to everything they request." [7] When Ephros asserted that McGreevey and his slate had MAGA donors, Healy said, "Charlie Kushner has always been involved in New Jersey politics" and that he donates to all candidates. [7]
She lost 38.84% to Ephros's 61.16%, by over 1,100 votes. [9]