Bill O'Dea Archives - New Jersey Globe

Working Families Party endorses slate of down-ballot progressives

April 21, 2026 1:02 pm

The New Jersey Working Families Party endorsed a slate of downballot candidates from around the state on Tuesday, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is seeking re-election next month. The progressive group also endorsed Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea, Hudson...

Mukherji gets early backing from Sherrill, Solomon in bid for Senate re-election

April 3, 2026 5:13 pmApril 6, 2026 9:58 am

Transformations in the Hudson County political landscape in a no-line era, which led to changes in the State Assembly delegation and in Jersey City last year, now seem unlikely to affect the re-election prospects of State Sen. Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey...

Hudson Dems unite behind a countywide ticket for primary

March 22, 2026 3:40 pmMarch 22, 2026 5:04 pm

Hudson County Democratic leaders, including a group of political veterans and new progressive leaders, have joined together to endorse a unity slate of candidates for county office in the June primary – a move that brings together Craig Guy and...

Solomon names Rosenstein, Johnson and O’Dea to lead transition team

December 4, 2025 10:01 amDecember 4, 2025 11:16 am

Jersey City Mayor-elect James Solomon has named Hetty Rosenstein, the former state CWA director; former Deputy U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jim Johnson; and one of his former opponents, Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea, to head up his transition team....

Another primary challenge against Rob Menendez may be brewing

November 18, 2025 3:49 pm

The emerging progressive coalition in Hudson County that won two Assembly races this year and that’s favored to soon secure the Jersey City mayor’s office may have an even bigger target in next year’s Democratic primaries: Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey...

Rivera joins McGreevey’s slate as he seeks re-election to Jersey City council

November 12, 2025 5:54 pmNovember 12, 2025 7:09 pm

In his bid for re-election, at-large Jersey City Councilman Danny Rivera has joined the campaign slate of former Gov. Jim McGreevey. McGreevey faces Jersey City Councilman James Solomon in the runoff for the mayorship. Rivera had initially run on a...

O’Dea goes for Solomon in Jersey City runoff

November 10, 2025 9:54 am

Longtime Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea, who finished third in last week’s Jersey City mayoral race with 21.5% of the vote, is putting his support behind James Solomon in the December 2 runoff election against former Gov. James E. McGreevey....