Hoboken Councilwoman-at-Large Emily Jabbour defeated 3rd Ward Councilman Mike Russo in a tight non-partisan runoff election today to become the next mayor.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Jabbour, who launched her campaign in January, was the top vote getter last month in a six-person field where Russo was the runner-up, as HCV first reported.
She ran an aggressive campaign against Russo almost immediately, hitting him over topics including getting recorded on an FBI surveillance tape by informant Solomon Dwek 16 years ago, taking Republican donations and endorsements, and his 2022 bankruptcy.
Despite having prizefighter-level credentials when it came to standing and trading, Russo opted to largely keep his message positive, speaking about his vision for quality of life, public safety, and other day-to-day issues.
That wasn’t enough to secure the win, despite having endorsements of recent former opponents in 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher and 4th Ward Councilman Ruben Ramos. 1st Ward Councilman Paul Presinzano also backed him
Jabbour had the support of the likes of former Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who campaigned with her today, state Senator Raj Mukherji, and Assemblywoman-elect Katie Brennan (both D-32).
For the moment, the city council at-large race is tight, though Jabbour running mates Caitlin Layson, Zoning Board Chair Steve Firestone, and Councilman-at-Large Joe Quintero are leading.
Russo’s at-large slate consisted of Liz Urtecho, Nicole Magaña, and Pete Keeling, with Urtecho currently in fourth place.
Congratulations Mayor Jabbour.
Anyone could have predicted that whoever Tiffanie endorsed would have lost this race. Hoboken will be a better place with her having less influence and friends on the council. Can’t wait for her to explain her way out of this one in a 15,000 word newsletter. After all, no one is actually buying that B.S. narrative that people didn’t NOT vote for her for mayor because they didn’t want to lose her as their council person, are they? That’s as lame as when as she tried to say in 2021 it takes “courage not to run” for mayor. As a reminder that her was who called Bhalla unelectable and he went unopposed that year. And before all you trolls come after for me for being a Ravi/Emilybot, Michael had my vote up until he got in bed with the most intellectually dishonest person.
P.S. She’s way meaner than Joe.
You make the same comment all the time about her newsletters. I bet you’re one of the flaks who makes sure no one gets any government information. Sorry, your time is over.
I’m all for transparency in government. Something Mayor Bhalla is quite terrible at. What I’m not for is an elected official using her platform and channels to push false claims without any regard for the people she harms in the process. It’s one thing to challenge colleagues on policy. It’s another to target citizens, spread misinformation, and pretend there are no consequences. Public trust doesn’t survive when an official treats reputations as disposable.
No one could mount a challenge in 2021. People were thoroughly misinformed by Dr. Fraudci and co. about the ChiCom virus. They would never answer the door. So, there’s actual impactful misinformation for you.
Now the FDA is about to disclose action based on the hidden truth about more misinformation: the clot shot mRNA confirmed killing children. Brace for impact there and figure out how to blame Councilwoman Fisher.
Hoboken is 85-90% vaccinated against covid.
Don’t come up with some study from the bowels of the internet.
If the vax is bad, then Hoboken should have a lot of deaths. To make it even easier for you, we have the most entitled citizens in the state. if anyone is getting sick they’ll be screaming from the rooftops.
Where’s your actual data? Real, local data? Who in Hoboken has died from the covid vaccine?
All other answers are bullshit. Just to repeat in case you missed that,
all answers not specific to Hoboken are bullshit.
Dang! Really thought the combination of Beth 2.0 and the neutered nag pulling out all the stops for Russo would offset Russo’s negatives. Kidding of course. The support of Beth 2.0 and the neutered nag were just added to his already impressive dumpster fire of negatives. Well, not really the neutered nag who is pretty much a punchline posing as a sideshow at this point.
Beth 2.0 lesson learned: don’t trash someone in an op-ed and turn around an endorse them 3 weeks later because you can’t play nice with anyone else. It only registers as the depth of your narcissism rather than advice anyone needs to take seriously.
Ah well. No doubt Russo loathes Beth 2.0 at this point. So we have that bit of entertainment to look forward to. Feliz Navidad.
I think Tiffanie single-handedly cost Russo the election. Her brief detailing his corruption was damning, and her flip-flop endorsement just highlighted her initial assessment. In the case of Russo, apparently the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Actually the second ward of Tiffanie Fisher came close to going for Russo, if not altogether. That’s what the toxic politics and policies of Ravi Bollards and Emily delivered uptown.
This is SO confusing, neutered nag.
First you say you didn’t endorse Russo.
This makes sense because you have almost as many posts about Russo+Corruption+Dwek as you do about the Turgid Flyer back in the 70s or whatever it was.
For instance this article ends with “make the check out to Russo for Hoboken” and links to the FBI video. It’s clearly disgusted with Russo. It’s only a month old. Not ancient history.
https://hobokenelection.blogspot.com/2025/11/grist-for-mill-corrupt-and-irredeemable.html
But now your applauding Beth 2.0 for getting so many votes for Russo?? This is the same Beth 2.0 who, like you, also thought Russo was totally corrupt just 2 weeks before the election. Minutes before deciding he was her guy thanks to getting the kind of typical Russo backroom deal you would have howled about before getting neutered.
But you do agree at least that she’s just another ethically bankrupt, massive hypocrite, right? Right?
Right?
So… Russo is terrible.
But Beth 2.0 is great for helping Russo?
Looks like the nag neutering process makes it very hard for you to stand for anything whatsoever except “boo Ravi.” We get that. It’s sad and pathetic, but we get it. At least take comfort in the fact that you’ll never be asked to stand for anything ever again.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Someone needs their medication adjusted. The Horse never supported Russo. He didn’t endorse anyone but you’re way too deep into your lies to stop now. Fisher will be part of the City Council majority. Enjoy!
The neutered nag is correct! Also it’s nice to see you answering to neutered nag. But you/he/they certainly did not endorse Russo. You/he/they simply lacked the required “equipment” to call out Fisher for endorsing him after 1000s of posts decrying the corruption of Russo/Dwek/FBI and your other strawmen.
But in fairness, as stated above, you/he/they are little more than a punchline masquerading as a sideshow. So it would have been quite unfair of anyone to expect a show of ethical consistency. That’s not how you neutered nags roll. I fully understand how offended you/he/they are to have been expected to do any better.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
You’re wrong, Nancy. You think everyone who criticizes the bad policies and corruption of Ravi, Emily and Russo is one person. Go make a tuna casserole and get your meds adjusted.
“criticizing the bad policies and corruption of Russo except when Tiffanie endorses the bad policies and corruption of Russo.” ad hominem personal attacks will never change the fact that when it was time to show some courage, you had none.
Doesn’t take much courage to not support a public official who tried to swindle the public into pushing through a $300 million dollar high school without their consent or Ravi’s endless bad policies/spending/taxes.
Whole lot of people had that courage. That’s why they were willing to look past Russo’s record and give him a shot. Like most Hoboken voters, I took the courageous position not to support either.
I like Liz and Firestone. Caitlin seems nice but she may not like this job. It’s not even a day after the election and we’re suffering from this these Jobhalla sore winners. More bad and more overpaid Bhalla bollardtards.
ok karen. enjoy your sack time with your new paramour russo. make sure he doesn’t hog the blankets. sweet dreams.
People not voting because they always don’t vote are courageous heroes now?
Oh boy bartender, this one’s seriously trashed. Get an uber.
i agree, Tiffanie Fisher has lost all credibility if she ever had any. He flip flopping and lack of honesty really hurt Michael’s chanches. He definitely had my vote until he partnered up with the Rabbit Lady who had attacked him mecilessly thorugout the campaing. Shame on you Michael for trusting such a snake. It did you a huge disservicel
The repeated attacks against Councilwoman Fisher under many diffteent screen names on this site all seem to all come from the same mentally unstable individual.
Trust me, they aren’t.
I love that anytime there’s more than one negative comment about Councilwoman Fisher, it’s assumed it’s only one person and that one individual must mentally unstable. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people in this city who find her to be an awful human being. And as the saying goes, perception is reality.
The one(s) she’s on now don’t work. She convinced herself everyone must go with bad Bhalla 2.0. Many people didn’t see Emily with the experience, competence or judgement for the job. It’s visible for eight years. That’s why Russo became a default despite his record.
If Hoboken gets mediocre, we’re lucky. That is however, doubtful.
she sold out. there is a price to pay. not that complicated.
The ONLY person defending Tiffanie thinks only one person is criticizing her.
That same one poster attacking Councilwoman Fisher under many cover names came up with even more to deflect from the truth.
truth isn’t really your thing. stick to calling your russo support courageous.” that’s gotta be easier than facing your cowardice and the resulting permanent irrelevance.