Jersey City Mayor Fulop Plans Run to Succeed Murphy as NJ Governor

Steven Fulop at this office in City Hall in Jersey City.Photographer: Bryan Anselm/The New York Times/Redux

Steven Fulop, the three-term Democratic mayor of Jersey City, entered the race on Tuesday to succeed Governor Phil Murphy in 2025.

Fulop, 46, has shepherded Jersey City’s Hudson River waterfront and downtown into a haven for financial companies and their employees. In September, the city planning board approved two residential towers near the Goldman Sachs Inc. building.