Nicholas Chiaravallotti

The Jersey Journal is reporting that the New Jersey State Police has begun a background check on State Senator and Bayonne Mayor Joseph Doria, who has been rumored as a possible candidate for Commissioner of Community Affairs.  Doria's name has been in the mix for the DCA post since Susan Bass Levin left to become Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Among the candidates defeated in Tuesday's primary elections, the one with the greatest potentialis Nicholas Chiaravallotti, who lost his bid for the Democratic Assembly nomination in the 31st district.  Chiaravallotti, who left his job as State Director for U.S. Senator Robert Menendez to make the race, ran on a ticket with Louis Manzo against the Hudson County Democratic Organization.  But HCDO leaders offered huge compliments to Chiaravallotti for the way he conducted himself over the last eight weeks, and recognized that the huge plurality his ticket received in Bayonne was largely a result of Chiaravallotti's efforts.

Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop is expected to announce today that he will endorse Louis Manzo for State Senate, and Nicholas Chiaravallotti and Shelia Newton-Moses for State Assembly in the 31st district Democratic primary.  Fulop represents Ward E on the City Council.