New Ward B Councilman Chris Gadsden didn't just run against history in that if he won he'd become the first African-American to be elected to represent Jersey City's west side. Gadsen didn't just run against any opponent in incumbent John Hallanan. Gadsen also was running against the entire Hudson County Democratic machine as well as Mayor Steve Fulop who enjoyed his automatic support from Hallanan as well as the guy before him who had to hurry up and leave, court's orders and so forth.
Terrence T. McDonald tells us how the race was won:
Behind the scenes, political operatives are pointing fingers about who is to blame for Hallanan's loss. But most of them agree that Gadsden, with the help of friend Jerry Walker and political operative Joe Cardwell, outworked his competitors.
"He just went out and, the old-fashioned way, knocked on a bunch of doors," one Democrat said.
Welcome to Jersey City's new Ward B councilman, a refreshing choice.
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Wow, they flushed Hallanan down the toilet! Fulop, take notice. Arab Spring, brexit, trump. It's in the air. People will not put up with abuse anymore.
A word salad with the words brexit and trump have nothing to do with Jersey City as it voted heavily Democratic. This is one small race.
In HC people voted 3 to 1 for Hillary, that is irrelevant. Overall people are fed up. Puppet hallanan voted for abatements every single time.
Also understand that Ward B has always been underrepresented and has been embarrassed twice lately and had their council rep removed under court issues. This was no bigger than Jersey City. History teaches us this
Just watch, fulop will be flushed as well, along with lavarro. Enough is enough.
Lavarro's end game just closed in around him with Fulop still wanting the mayoral job. Lavarro figured he'd just slide into the mayor's job easy peasy if Fulop ran for Gov.
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