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The Jersey City mayor’s race got just a little bit more interesting with the addition of a fourth candidate last week. Abdul Malik threw his hat in a race that already includes Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Councilman Steven Fulop and Jerry Walker. Malik is not a heavy hitter when it comes to citywide elections, getting about …
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Sometimes a conspiracy really is a conspiracy, as was apparently the case in the attack on U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez earlier this year, when bloggers claimed he had allegedly been involved with underage prostitutes while on a junket to the Dominican Republic. This week The Washington Post published a story saying that a video clip …
Some people are speculating about something that a year ago would have been unthinkable: a possible coalition ticket between Mayor Dawn Zimmer and factions once considered her staunchest opponents, including Councilwoman Beth Mason. This may all be the equivalent of fantasy baseball, with factions of what once might have been called Old Hoboken deciding to …
A battle over zip codes eligible for a possible grant to help curb criminal activity evolved into a heated exchange at the Hudson County Freeholder meeting on Feb. 14 when West New York Freeholder Jose Munoz accused Family Services Director Ben Lopez of political posturing for including a Jersey City zip code where his wife, …
You would think that with all the air trips U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez allegedly took on the private jet of a wealthy political donor, Menendez would qualify for frequent flyer miles. Of course, jets are not the only thing flying these days through the political air, as Fox News and other lesser media outlets do …
Hudson County politics has been in the spin cycle over the last few weeks, with everybody throwing their own theories into the mix as to what state Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack will do next. Depending on whose spin you believe, the Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) is either on the verge of …
Although moved to November, the Hoboken mayoral election appears to be gathering momentum with Assemblyman Ruben Ramos and former schools trustee Frank Raia seeking City Council candidates for tickets that would try and challenge Mayor Dawn Zimmer and her slate. More objective political observers believe Zimmer will be hard to beat in the mayoral race, …
Supporters of Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy have had a lot to celebrate over the last few weeks because some political observers believe the Jersey City mayoral race may be too close to call, now that state Sen. Sandra Cunningham has decided to seek reelection to her legislative seat instead of running to become Jersey City’s …
Like it or not, there is going to be a political war in Hudson County – unless cooler heads prevail. The more that opponents of state Sen. and Union City Mayor Brian Stack provoke him, the closer he edges toward putting together his ticket for the Democratic primary in June. Several people have been asked …
Even as the hoopla over the start of the new year died down, the big cannons of political season have begun to roar in Jersey City as finally – after years of waiting for the head-to-head conflict between Councilman Steve Fulop and Mayor Jerramiah Healy – the election moves into its last phase. With Fulop …
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