The runoff election for Jersey City mayor is this Tuesday, December 2nd. Former Governor Jim McGreevey and city councilmember James Solomon will face off against each other, after neither got enough votes to declare a winner on November 4thWNYC's Morning Edition spoke with both candidates. Former Governor McGreevey served from 2002 to 2004. He told WNYC's Michael Hill why he wants to govern Jersey City as the next mayor.The Solomon campaign said in response to this interview: "It's sad but not unexpected that Jim McGreevey is resorting to lying about James. The facts are clear: the contract for Right to Counsel has been awarded to legal aid attorneys who are seeing clients, and James has the strongest ethics and anti-corruption plan in this race, while Jim McGreevey's trail of corruption spans three decades, multiple offices, and several indictments and investigations."    

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