The Return of Jersey City’s Sean Connors?

Former Assemblyman Sean Connors of Jersey City has been meeting with community groups, unions, and former elected officials as he sizes up his prospects for a 2017 mayoral run in his home town. He’s right there, he just hasn’t pulled the trigger on a run, and continues to assess his options.

He has a complicated recent political history.

Originally an ally of Mayor Jerry Healy, Connors went over to the Steven Fulop camp in the lead up to the 2013 mayor’s race. Politically engineered by the Heights, he ended up running for a Ward D council seat on the Fulop slate, the Ward E citywide comer’s way of showing ticket balance.