Ex-Gov. McGreevey To Face Councilman In Jersey City Mayoral Runoff

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City mayoral candidates Jim McGreevey and James Solomon will face each other in a runoff election in December.

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Solomon, a councilman representing the city's bustling downtown, amassed more votes than McGreevey, the former governor.

“The voters in Jersey City have sent an unambiguous message tonight: they want change, they want affordability and they want a clean, ethical government that they can be proud of," Solomon said Tuesday night, in a statement. "Since day 1, our election has zeroed in on the issues that matter and that’s why we are advancing to the run-off."

He added, "I would like to congratulate Bill O’Dea, Mussab Ali, Joyce Watterman, Christina Freeman, and Kalki Jayne-Rose who stepped up and made this a race about the future of Jersey City."

Polls for the Jersey City mayoral race closed at 8 p.m., and results are still coming in.

In order to win outright, a candidate would have had to receive more than 50 percent of the votes. The runoff will be held Dec. 2.

Seven candidates ran for mayor of Jersey City, including two City Council members and a county commissioner.

Updated Numbers

The results at 9 p.m. were:

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• Jim McGreevey: 6,774
• Mussab Ali: 3,978
• Christina Freeman: 251
• Kalki Jayne-Rose: 35
• Bill O'Dea: 5,545
• James Solomon: 8,276
• Joyce Watterman: 836

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Background

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