Fulop says McGreevey is ‘on track’ to win mayorship

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said former Gov. Jim McGreevey is “on track” to be the city’s next mayor, saying the other candidates haven’t offered a vision necessary to beat the former governor. 

Fulop chose to run for governor instead of a fourth term as mayor; he finished third in the June primary. Fulop gave the analysis in a social media post on X after a resident shared a mailer from McGreevey, who called for an expansion of rapid transit throughout the city.

“As things stand, McGreevey is on track to be the next mayor,” Fulop wrote. “Unless the other candidates show some vision or courage, which they haven’t, he’ll keep gaining ground.”

The non-partisan race has a crowded field. In addition to McGreevey, City Councilman James Solomon, Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea, former Board of Education President Mussab Ali, and Council President Joyce Watterman are seeking the office. McGreevey served as governor from 2002 until his resignation in 2004 amid a sex scandal.

McGreevey did not immediately return a request for comment.

Fulop told the New Jersey Globe that his post was “not an endorsement of McGreevey or any candidate for that matter but the other candidates are just not making their case with any vision or ideas and are simultaneously getting out maneuvered.”

“The rest are stuck recycling tired lines: ‘developers bad,’ ‘everyone’s corrupt,’ ‘Jersey City is a mess’ with no vision beyond those talking points,” Fulop wrote in the post.