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Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

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...

Yousef Saleh calls serving as a Jersey City councilman the honor of his life

August 25, 2025 9:33 am

OPINION It has been the honor of my life to serve as your Ward D Councilman. I began my service under tragic circumstances, shortly after the late-great Councilman Michael Yun passed away from coronavirus on April 6, 2020. In light...

Katie Brennan backs Solomon for Jersey City mayor

August 19, 2025 1:07 pmAugust 19, 2025 7:41 pm

James Solomon has picked up a potentially key endorsement in his bid for mayor of Jersey City: Katie Brennan, a Jersey City activist who won a stunning victory in the Democratic primary for State Assembly in June against candidates backed...

Mapping the 2025 Hudson County war

June 20, 2025 1:29 pmJune 20, 2025 1:36 pm

Democrats in Hudson County are, to put it mildly, a fractious bunch. Not an election goes by where the local county Democratic organization isn’t consumed by infighting over a congressional seat, or a mayoralty, or a county government job, although...

Ravi Bhalla wins Democratic primary for Assembly in Hudson

June 12, 2025 10:35 amJune 12, 2025 11:20 pm

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla has won the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the hotly-contested 32nd district contest, narrowly ousting freshman Assemblywoman Jessica Ramirez (D-Jersey City) by 179 votes in the closest race in the state. Bhalla leads Ramirez, 7,012...

Brennan wins one seat in LD-32; race between Bhalla, Ramirez is too close to call

June 10, 2025 11:59 pmJune 11, 2025 12:45 am

New Jersey’s 32nd legislative district, located in the heart of Jersey City and Hoboken, hosted a heated Democratic primary showdown this year between the two great political factions in Hudson County politics: one led by Jersey City Mayor and gubernatorial...