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Steve Fulop
Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
Mayor of Jersey City
Years in office: 2013 - 2026
Successor: James Solomon (Nonpartisan)
Jersey City Council Ward E
Years in office: 2005 - 2013
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 10, 2025
Education
Bachelor's
Binghamton University
Graduate
Columbia University, New York University
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
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Steve Fulop was the Mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey. He assumed office on July 1, 2013. He left office on January 1, 2026.

Fulop (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of New Jersey. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.

Biography

Fulop earned a B.A. from Binghamton University, an M.P.A. from Columbia University, and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business.[1]

Fulop's experience includes serving as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and working in equity trading for Sanford C. Bernstein, as the vice president of electronic trading for Citi Group, and as an associate for Goldman Sachs.[1] His military service included a deployment to Iraq in 2003.[2]

Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2025

General election

General election for Governor of New Jersey

Mikie Sherrill defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Vic Kaplan, and Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mikie Sherrill
Mikie Sherrill (D)
 
56.3
 
1,431,585
Image of Jack Ciattarelli
Jack Ciattarelli (R)
 
43.1
 
1,097,000
Image of Vic Kaplan
Vic Kaplan (L)
 
0.3
 
8,446
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Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.2
 
5,796

There were no incumbents in this race. Source

Total votes: 2,542,827
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mikie Sherrill
Mikie Sherrill
 
34.0
 
286,244
Image of Ras Baraka
Ras Baraka
 
20.7
 
173,951
Image of Steve Fulop
Steve Fulop
 
16.0
 
134,573
Image of Josh Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer
 
11.6
 
97,384
Image of Sean Spiller
Sean Spiller
 
10.6
 
89,472
Image of Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
 
7.1
 
59,811

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 841,435
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jack Ciattarelli
Jack Ciattarelli
 
67.8
 
316,283
Image of Bill Spadea
Bill Spadea
 
21.7
 
101,408
Image of Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
 
6.2
 
29,130
Image of Mario Kranjac
Mario Kranjac
 
2.7
 
12,782
Image of Justin Barbera
Justin Barbera
 
1.4
 
6,743
Image of Hans Herberg
Hans Herberg (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
0

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 466,346
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: Mayoral election in Jersey City, New Jersey (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of Jersey City

Incumbent Steve Fulop defeated Lewis Spears in the general election for Mayor of Jersey City on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Fulop
Steve Fulop (Nonpartisan)
 
67.3
 
28,562
Image of Lewis Spears
Lewis Spears (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
32.4
 
13,741
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
145

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 42,448
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2017

Mayor of Jersey City

See also: Mayoral election in Jersey City, New Jersey (2017) and Municipal elections in Jersey City, New Jersey (2017)

Jersey City, New Jersey, held a general election for mayor, three at large city council seats, and six by district city council seats on November 7, 2017. Any race where no candidate earns a majority of the votes cast in the general election advanced to the runoff election on December 5, 2017. Incumbent Steven Fulop defeated Bill Matsikoudis in the general election for mayor.[3]

Mayor of Jersey City, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Steven Fulop Incumbent 77.44% 30,279
Bill Matsikoudis 22.41% 8,763
Write-in votes 0.15% 57
Total Votes 39,099
Source: Hudson County Clerk, "General Election 2017 Election Results," November 14, 2017


Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Steve Fulop did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Steve Fulop did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Fulop endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[4]

See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton

Endorsements

2017

Fulop received endorsements from the following in 2017:

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on December 23, 2021

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Fulop announced on December 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[9]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Steven Fulop," accessed October 16, 2017
    2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bio
    3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Email correspondance with Irene McNulty, Jersey City Deputy City Clerk," September 13, 2017
    4. ↑ Hillary for America, "Support from Mayors for Hillary Clinton Continues to Grow, Over 135 Backing Her Candidacy," October 30, 2015
    5. ↑ Insider NJ, "AFSCME New Jersey Statewide Council Endorses Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop for Re-Election," September 15, 2017
    6. ↑ Hudson County View, "Hudson County Building Trades Endorse Jersey City Mayor Fulop for Re-Election," September 29, 2017
    7. ↑ New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, "Current Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2017
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hudson County View, "UPDATED: State Sen. Cunningham Endorses Jersey City Mayor Fulop for Re-Election," August 25, 2017
    9. ↑ Hudson Daily Voice, "Jersey City Mayor Tests Positive For COVID," December 23, 2021

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