Brian Laird on WNIC.

So we've talked a lot about the New York City mayoral race.

And we've talked a lot about the New Jersey gubernatorial race.

Well, how about the mayoral race in New Jersey from mayor of Jersey City?

Second biggest city in the state next to Newark.

And the current mayor, Steve Fullop, is stepping down after three terms.

Mayor Fullop failed to get the Democratic nomination for governor.

You may remember back in June,

and he's moving on to a new job. He's going to be CEO of the Partnership for New York City,

which is kind of a big business lobby group. You may know the name Kathy Wilde as the person

who's done that for a long time. Steve Fullop, interestingly, though he ran as

a progressive in the gubernatorial primary. He's now going to be taking over as the head of sort of the

business lobby in New York City. But that means Jersey City is going to get a new mayor for the

first time in 12 years. This is a very crowded nonpartisan race. That's the way Jersey

City does it. And if none of the seven candidates gets more than 50% of the vote, there'll be a

runoff for the top two vote getters on December 2nd. Now, one of the front runners in the race

is a name you know, even if you're not a

Jerseyite, and that is former governor, Jim McGreevy, who some of you will remember resigned back in 2004

over an affair with the man he appointed as a Homeland Security Advisor and who threatened to sue him for sexual harassment.

That scandal has been a punching bag for his opponents, as you might imagine.

So to talk about all the candidates and the big issues in this race is John Highness,

publisher, owner, and reporter for the Hudson County View.

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