Will Third Baby Affect Jersey City Mayor Fulop's NJ Governor Run?

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop — who announced last month that he'll run for governor of New Jersey in 2025 — said Tuesday that he an his wife have a new baby on the way.

On Facebook, he wrote, "Jaclyn and I are excited that soon it will be 'Last name is Fulop, reservation for FIVE people please.' "

He showed a sonogram photo with a tiny little hand, and photos of him and wife Jaclyn, who owns physical therapy practices in the area.

The couple already have a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl.

They also had shared publicly in 2019 that Jaclyn had suffered a miscarriage before their first child was born.

'Full Steam Ahead'

A spokesman said on Tuesday that the newest Fulop — due in November — won't change the mayor's plan to run for higher office in two years.

"He's 100 percent full steam ahead," said Phil Swibinsky on Tuesday.

Fulop was elected mayor in November 2013 and is now halfway through his third term.

During Fulop's term, Jersey City has undergone what a spokesperson called an "unprecedented renaissance," with many restaurants, tech firms, and other businesses choosing to launch their New Jersey location on the city's waterfront or in interior neighborhoods like Journal Square. READ MORE: Company That Grows Human Bones Gets Grant To Move To Jersey City

Now the second most populous city in the state, Jersey City has become a destination for nightlife and the arts, with Food & Wine Magazine calling it one of America's top up-and-coming foodie towns.

Read about the gubernatorial announcement in April here.

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