Steve Fulop Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sires has $182k cash-on-hand

July 13, 2019 3:54 pm

Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) raised $54,637 during the second quarter of 2019 and no has $181,752 in his campaign warchest. Sires has raised $124,017 over the last six months. New Jersey’s 8th district is solidly Democratic and Sires...

Lavarro asks U.S. Attorney to investigate Bloomberg report

June 29, 2019 11:31 amJune 29, 2019 11:43 am

Jersey City Council President Rolando Lavarro sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Craig Carpentino Friday, asking that he investigate reports that an ally of Mayor Steve Fulop was facing federal inquiries over unpaid federal taxes. “Over the past year, my...

Fulop says Murphy struggles result of Democratic infighting

June 24, 2019 2:23 pmJune 25, 2019 2:27 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy won some praise today from a former political rival, who blamed the legislature for blocking some of his political initiatives, like legal weed. “You’ve got a lot of infighting amongst Democrats in Trenton and nothing’s getting done,”...

Fulop calls Biden old and out of touch, says Sanders, Warren are unelectable

June 24, 2019 2:00 pmJune 25, 2019 9:40 am

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop says that Joe Biden is old and out of touch, that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren might be unelectable, and that he isn’t ready to endorse Cory Booker for the Demcoratic presidential nomination. “I kind...

DeGise lets Fulop ally remain as Jersey City Democratic chair

June 11, 2019 10:15 amJune 11, 2019 12:21 pm

Jersey City Democratic Municipal Chair Barbara McCann Stamato was re-elected on Monday night without opposition, even though allies of Tom DeGise and Amy DeGise took a majority of the 362-member Jersey City Democratic organization in last week’s primary election. Stamato...

Brian Stack is the Human Turnout Machine

June 10, 2019 12:18 amJune 10, 2019 1:00 am

Brian Stack turned out 28% of registered Democrats in Union City for the 2019 primary, despite the lack of any competitive races. GOTV is Stack’s currency and it’s one of the things that make him a formidable force in New...

Hudson Young Democrats replace Fulop guy

June 2, 2019 9:05 pm

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s lost another intramural Democratic fight this weekend when his guy, Jersey City Business Administrator Brian Platt, lost his job as president of the Hudson County Young Democrats. The new president is Aimee Focaraccio, the chief...