James McGreevey and James Solomon are running in the nonpartisan runoff general election for mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2025. Incumbent Mayor Steven Fulop chose to run in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey rather than seek a fourth term.

McGreevey and Solomon advanced to the runoff after neither received 51% of the vote in the general election on Nov. 4, 2025. In the general election, Solomon received 29% of the vote and McGreevey received 25% in a field of seven candidates. The last time that a Jersey City mayoral election ended in a runoff was in 2001.

While Jersey City municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, both McGreevey and Solomon identify as Democrats. Fulop also identifies as a Democrat, meaning that regardless of who wins the election, Democrats will retain control of the office.

According to CBS News, "The race has focused on a slew of issues, including housing affordability, police and public safety reform and accountability, improving schools, fixing quality of life concerns such as traffic congestion and increasing government transparency."

McGreevey is the director of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation. He previously served as governor of New Jersey from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, from 1992 to 2002. McGreevey also served in the New Jersey Senate from 1994 to 1998 and the New Jersey General Assembly from 1990 to 1992.

McGreevey said, “I’m not running to build a political career, I’m running to fix the city I love. For four years, I’ll focus on the fundamentals: cleaner streets, safer neighborhoods, better schools, stronger senior services, and a city government that actually works for working families.”

Solomon was first elected to represent Ward E on the Jersey City Council in 2017. Previously, Solomon was an adjunct professor at multiple colleges in New Jersey and as an aide to the former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

Solomon said, “Jersey City needs change. It needs an affordable Jersey City and it’s not going to become affordable if we go back to the same corrupt machine playbook that has failed residents of Jersey City year after year after year.”

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), Jersey City Council President Joyce Watterman, and Hudson County Executive Craig Guy (D) endorsed McGreevey. U.S. Sen. Andrew Kim (D), Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, and Hudson County Commissioner William O’Dea (D) endorsed Solomon.