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Stack, Fulop not inclined to back DeGise re-election

January 31, 2018 9:57 am

Two key Hudson County Democratic leaders are not backing Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise for re-election next year, exponentially increasing the likelihood that DeGise will retire. Sources say that Union City Mayor Brian Stack and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop...

Heated debate on Hoboken Runoffs

January 25, 2018 1:38 pm

Two of the candidates from last year’s campaign in Hoboken are sparring again over an ordinance to bring back runoffs in mayoral elections. Councilman Mike DeFusco wants voters to decide if they want to reinstate the runoff, and is criticizing...

Is Fulop hinting at backing DeGise challenge?

January 25, 2018 3:16 am

Steve Fulop’s response to a powerful opinion piece on recent deaths at the Hudson County jail might be interpreted as a signal that the Jersey City mayor is open to backing a candidate against County Executive Tom DeGise in the...

Stack, Menendez and the best coup ever

January 23, 2018 1:10 pm

Hudson County has a history of outsiders – sometimes even gadflies – emerging as powerful political insiders in one of New Jersey’s premier Democratic organizations. With Brian Stack appearing on the verge of becoming the next Hudson County Democratic Chairman,...

Stack now at pinnacle of career

January 23, 2018 11:33 am

The best Brian Stack story involves one of his re-election campaigns for Mayor of Union City. It was a couple of days after he won re-election with 90% of the vote, and Stack spent the day knocking on doors. He...

Report: Sacco backs Stack for HCDO Chair

January 22, 2018 4:12 pm

Big news out of Hudson County, first reported by InsiderNJ’s Max Pizzaro: Nicholas Sacco says he will back longtime rival Brian Stack for Hudson County Democratic Chairman. Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to send the current county chairman, Vincent Prieto,...

Murphy swears in Hudson officials

January 18, 2018 10:46 am

Gov. Phil Murphy was in Jersey City this morning to swear in Hudson County Clerk Junior Maldonado and Freeholder Anthony Romano. Maldonado is a former Jersey City Councilman who was unseated by insurgent Steve Fulop in 2005. They have since...