Deputy Mayor seeking to become Mayor
April 9th 2026 – ASBURY PARK, NJ
Asbury Park’s Amy Quinn announced today that she will seek a four-year term as the city’s next Mayor. Quinn was previously elected on Asbury Together tickets with current Council members Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman. She has served as Deputy Mayor since 2015. After 12 years as Mayor, John Moor said last year that he will not be seeking re-election.
“I love Asbury Park,” said Quinn. “I’ve devoted over a decade of my life to serving it. How many other candidates for Mayor of a small city can say they have its name tattooed on them? Countless interests compete to influence city decisions. You can’t please everybody all the time, because people want different things. But like Mayor Moor, I promise to listen to all voices and concerns, study all sides of every issue, seek the greater good for the most people, and defend the edgy weirdness that makes us a great place to live, work, and visit.”
Reverend David J. Parreott, Jr. expressed support for Quinn saying, “In my 92 years here I’ve seen people run for office vowing to revitalize Springwood Avenue, protect affordable housing, and many other good sounding promises. Amy Quinn and her team actually brought key parties to the table and made such things happen. I am very proud to support her for Mayor.”
“Amy doesn’t brag, so let me do it for her,” said Yvonne Clayton. “We’ve produced so many wins for this city in the last 11 years in which she played an instrumental role. Improved public safety in all communities, wide-ranging affordable housing policies, initiatives to benefit small businesses, projects to empower young people, and the fostering of arts, music, and cultural events that strengthen us as a community. I’m looking forward to working with Amy as Mayor.”
“The political universe has encouraged me to run for higher office, but I always decline,” said Quinn. “My aspirations are here, to lead our community from the heart, reflecting and empowering the diversity that makes us so special. Of course, I work to make and maintain good relations with state and county representatives, but it’s not because I’m trying to get my foot in the door at those levels of government. I’m just not.”
“Amy is a fierce advocate for the arts,” said gallery owner and curator Jenn Hampton. “Cities aren’t defined by buildings alone, they’re defined by what happens between them. The art, the music, the architecture, the history, our shared public experience. It’s the culture we build together that makes a city truly great. Without it you don’t have a community, you have a backdrop. If we want to protect what makes this place unique, resist conformity, and keep our city vibrant and a little bit funky, Amy Quinn is the only choice for Mayor.”
“I’ve promoted some policies that didn’t win approval in all quarters,” said Quinn. “Banning plastic bags to protect the ocean, regulating short term rentals to preserve housing stock, rent control, adopting some of the most progressive affordable housing ordinances in New Jersey. The state requires all municipalities to create affordable housing, but I’m committed to a proactive range of policies that give lifelong residents a chance to remain here. I advocate for such things because I believe in them.”
“I wholeheartedly endorse Amy Quinn for Mayor,” said John Moor. “It makes it a little easier to retire if she is the one who’ll be sitting in my seat.”
“I’m looking forward to discussing ideas and policies,” said Quinn, “at my free campaign kick-off event at Parlor Gallery on April 24th at 6:00 pm. Please join me for refreshments and snacks.”