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Crowded field of mayoral, council candidates in Jersey City

August 25, 2025 11:12 amAugust 25, 2025 10:11 pm

Jersey City will select its first new mayor in twelve years in November, and seven candidates have filed to run for the seat held since 2013 by Steven Fulop, according to an unofficial list of contenders. Running for mayor are...

Election Day still isn’t over, with runoffs in Jersey City and Hillside set for Tuesday

December 3, 2021 2:23 pmDecember 7, 2021 8:46 am

Voters in Jersey City and Hillside will go to the polls on Tuesday for runoff elections in non-partisan contests where not candidate received the requisite 50% of the vote. In Jersey City Ward C, colorful two-term Councilman Richard Boggiano faces...

Hillside mayor wins re-election; only December runoffs in Jersey City Ward C and Hillside council races

November 14, 2021 2:21 pmNovember 15, 2021 3:06 am

There will be no mayoral runoff in Hillside this year after Mayor Dahlia Vertreese survived the 50% mark in her re-election bid by 35 votes, according to final election results announced by the Union County Clerk. Vertreese received 50.71% of...