Former New Jersey Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey will announce his political return next Thursday, when he will publicly declare that he is running for mayor of Jersey City, a member of his campaign staff told The Post.
McGreevey, 66, has been out of politics for nearly 20 years, since resigning in 2004 from the Garden State governorship after coming forward about a secret extramarital affair with a male staffer.
The former governor’s opportunity to re-enter politics opened in April, when his hometown mayor, Steven Fulop, announced that he would not seek re-election in Jersey City and would instead run to replace Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. limited term, in 2025. .
“D-Day Thursday for McGreevey’s campaign for mayor,” McGreevey told The Post on Friday.
McGreevey has been out of politics for almost 20 years.Scott Wintrow
The former governor has already filed his paperwork with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission and plans to launch his campaign on November 9, during an event at a Dominican restaurant in Jersey City at 9 am.
At the start of the campaign he will be accompanied by his sister Sharon and his daughter Jacqueline.
“It is a day when we will begin to bring the change we need to Jersey City: working for greater accountability, reliable services, clean and safe streets, and controlled property taxes for working families,” McGreevey writes in an invitation for the event. .
“We must work harder and smarter for the residents and community of our Jersey City,” he adds, mocking his campaign slogan “The Change We Need.”
The campaign staffer added that McGreevey will focus on “basic issues” such as safe and clean streets, property taxes, apprenticeship programs for high school youth, government transparency and ensuring traffic flows smoothly in the city. of almost 300,000 inhabitants.
McGreevey resigned as governor of New Jersey in 2004 after admitting that he had an extramarital affair with a man.
McGreevey, who since leaving the governor’s office received a degree in theology from the General Theological Seminary in New York City and spent several years as executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program, appears to be the early candidate who enters the race to replace Fulop.
Non-partisan municipal elections will be held in November 2025.
McGreevey, then married and father of two, shocked the nation in August 2004 when he admitted to the affair.
“The truth is, I’m a gay American,” McGreevey said during a news conference. “I had a consensual adult relationship with another man, which violates my marital ties.”
McGreevey’s then-advisors said the man, Golan Cipel, attempted to blackmail McGreevey for up to $5 million.
Cipel dropped a sexual harassment lawsuit against McGreevey after his resignation.
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