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Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 19, 2026 12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:52 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 20, 2025 12:04 amJanuary 19, 2025 8:23 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

A brief electoral history of Steve Fulop

April 14, 2023 11:24 am

And so it begins. Earlier this week, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in 2025. He’s not the first to say he’s running – that distinction belongs to...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 16, 2023 12:01 amJanuary 15, 2023 7:47 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

With DeGise mulling retirement, Guy emerges as possible successor

February 24, 2022 4:19 pmFebruary 24, 2022 4:25 pm

Tom DeGise has not yet announced if he will run for re-election in 2023 for another term in the job he’s held since 2002, but there is considerable speculation that he is considering retirement. If DeGise decides to end a...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 17, 2022 12:05 amJanuary 16, 2022 3:45 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Ambrose is likely pick for U.S. Marshal

April 18, 2021 4:34 pm

The law enforcement career of Anthony Ambrose will get a second act. The former Newark Public Safety Director has surfaced as the top candidate to become New Jersey’s next U.S. Marshal, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The 62-year-old Ambrose...