JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — Jersey City Councilman Steve Fulop successfully put together a coalition that wrestled control of the Democratic Committee in Jersey City out from the hands of Mayor Jerramiah Healy on Monday.
In a vote that required the use of secret ballot via voting machines, Jeff Dublin — an ally of Fulop’s — was named the new chairman of the Jersey City Democratic committee. This term is for two years which means that Fulop and Dublin will continue to control the committee straight through the May 2013 municipal election when Fulop will run for mayor.
Control of the committee means that Healy, should he run, will be unable to use the Democratic fund or the committee to aid his election efforts.