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Solomon names Laura Bustamante as chief of staff in Jersey City

December 8, 2025 12:00 pmDecember 8, 2025 1:40 pm

A top aide to U.S. Senator Andy Kim will return to Jersey City as chief of staff to the city’s new mayor, James Solomon. Laura Bustamante, a prominent statewide Democratic strategist, will assume one of the most powerful posts in...

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....

James Solomon elected mayor of Jersey City

December 2, 2025 8:10 pmDecember 3, 2025 3:34 pm

Jersey City elected James Solomon, a two-term city councilman and a progressive outsider, as the city’s next mayor in its Tuesday runoff, rejecting former Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid at a political comeback by a 2-1 margin. Solomon will succeed three-term...

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...

Ali, fourth-place finisher in Jersey City race, endorses Solomon for mayor

November 12, 2025 9:11 am

Mussab Ali, a former president of the Jersey City Board of Education and the fourth-place finisher in the Jersey City mayoral race, endorsed Councilman James Solomon in his mayoral runoff campaign against former Gov. Jim McGreevey. With Ali’s endorsement, the...

Fisher endorses Russo in Hoboken runoff

November 11, 2025 12:28 pm

Hoboken’s mayoral race advanced to a runoff, and third-place finisher Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher endorsed Councilman Michael Russo on Tuesday. Russo will face Councilwoman Emily Jabbour in the non-partisan municipal runoff next month. At-large council candidate Liz Urtecho, who initially partnered...