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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...

Where local races stand in Hudson County

November 5, 2021 11:40 am

East Newark Democratic Councilmembers Kenneth Graham and Rose Evaristo won re-election to the East Newark Borough Council unopposed. Guttenberg Guttenberg Mayor Wayne Zitt and Councilmembers Monica Fundora, John Habermann, and Richard Delafuente, all Democrats, won re-election without opposition. Hoboken Mayor...

Fulop re-elected as mayor of Jersey City

November 2, 2021 9:06 pmNovember 2, 2021 9:15 pm

The New Jersey Globe can project that Democratic Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has won re-election against progressive newcomer Lewis Spears. Fulop, a potential gubernatorial candidate in the future, was the strong favorite against Spears, who was registered as a...

Eleven New Jersey mayor’s races to watch on Tuesday

November 2, 2021 12:01 amNovember 2, 2021 8:52 pm

The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...

Fulop has huge warchest, but his opponent is 8 days late on filing

October 12, 2021 3:02 pmOctober 12, 2021 4:11 pm

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has nearly $1.6 million in a campaign warchest as he seeks re-election to a second term against a candidate who missed the deadline to file his campaign finance reports. Fulop has raised $1,012,620 for his...

Working Families backs Fulop re-election

October 6, 2021 9:44 amOctober 6, 2021 9:44 am

Steve Fulop has won the endorsement of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance in his bid for a third term as mayor of Jersey City. “Mayor Fulop has been leading the charge on the issues that are most critical to...

Fulop endorsed by GOP legislative nominee

October 1, 2021 4:37 pm

Neil Schulman, the Republican running against State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City), today endorsed Democratic Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop in his bid for a third term. Fulop faces progressive opponent Lewis Spears in the officially nonpartisan November election. “Despite...