Crowded field of mayoral, council candidates in Jersey City

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 former Board of Education President Mussab Ali, former Gov. James E. McGreevey, Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea, City Councilman James Solomon, and Council President Joyce Watterman, along with two others: Christina Freeman and Kalki Jayne-Rose.

Fifteen candidates are seeking three at-large seats, with Daniel Rivera, the lone incumbent in the race, running on a slate with O’Dea. Watterman is running for mayor, and another embattled incumbent, Amy DeGise, is walking away.

DeGise never formally announced her plans, but her political future ended in July 2022 when she was cited for leaving the scene of an accident after a car she was driving collided with a Jersey City man on a bicycle. In a Jersey City surveillance video, Andrew Black is shown running a red light and then getting hit by DeGise’s SUV. DeGise never stopped and didn’t report the collision until later that day. Black is suing DeGise and Jersey City, and a trial is set to begin on October 27.



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