The 66-year-old filed paperwork naming a treasurer and mayoral committee.
Jim McGreevey's filing Tuesday seems to be the beginning of his next chapter in New Jersey politics. | Mel Evans/APFormer New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey took a formal step Tuesday toward mounting a political comeback two decades after he resigned from the state’s highest office in a sex scandal that captivated the nation.
The city’s current mayor, Steven Fulop, is not seeking reelection and is instead running in 2025 for governor, McGreevey’s old job. Other mayoral contenders are reportedly expected, so McGreevey is by no means a shoo-in despite his local connections and name recognition. It is highly unusual for a former governor to seek lower office after they’ve left the statehouse. For McGreevey, it would be a return to his roots on two fronts. He served as mayor of Woodbridge from 1991 to 2002 while simultaneously holding office in the state Assembly and Senate. He is also a native of Jersey City and in recent years reestablished himself in the state’s second-largest municipality running a statewide prison reentry program.. “Being mayor is about building strong communities.
His downfall had been precipitated by a slow-burning scandal involving Golan Cipel, an Israeli citizen. McGreevey had hired Cipel in 2002 as a homeland security adviser despite lacking qualifications and being unable to get a federal security clearance. The hiring raised questions about the relationship between the two, but McGreevey denied an affair.
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