Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has been endorsed by the Good Government Coalition of New Jersey, an umbrella group of grassroots organizations dedicated to promoting greater transparency in state and local government and doing away with the county organization line system in primary elections. Fulop is the Democratic nominee for governor.
However, it is more of a mark of approval than a suggestion to its members because the list of sponsored candidates for governor may expand beyond Fulop.
There is a lot of misunderstanding regarding the meaning of GGCNJ endorsements. Just a quick reminder: we can definitely support more than one candidate for a certain post if they share our values for good governance. This is our first recommendation. In a later social media post, the group stated, “stay tuned for more.”
Action Together New Jersey, Collingswood Progressive Democrats, Force the Issue NJ, Indivisible Cranbury, Indivisible NJ5, Indivisible Princeton, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) Students, NJ-08 for Progress, NJ11th for Change, Our Revolution Middlesex County, Our Revolution Monmouth County, Our Revolution New Jersey Volunteers, Our Revolution Trenton Mercer, People for Progress, Progressive Democrats of America of New Jersey, SJNOW Indivisible, South Jersey Women for Progressive Change, STAND Central New Jersey, Summit Marches On, and Westfield 20/20 are among the coalition members. GGCNJ, not any of its member groups, is the source of the endorsement.
When this bill was first introduced, I was the first candidate for governor to oppose it. According to Fulop, the legislators made a significant alteration to OPRA by imposing fee-shifting limits, which must be restored. Second, they limited the kinds of records that were available, which is another area where OPRA has to be modified.
Fulop supports eliminating senatorial courtesy, publicizing bills at least 72 hours prior to a committee vote, and public financing for all races, including municipal government. He is in favor of making county clerks a nonpartisan elected position, rotating candidates on the ballot per precinct, and prohibiting party endorsements from appearing in ballot slogans.
At 11:41 AM, this story was updated.
