Menendez challenger says he's not quitting

Fulop: Cunningham would want it that way

Friday, June 04, 2004
By Josh Margolin
Newhouse News Service

The 13th Congressional District primary is a contest conceived in the bitter feud between U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez, D-Hoboken, and Jersey City's late mayor, Glenn D. Cunningham.

Now, after Cunningham's death following a massive heart attack on May 25, the man who was hand-picked by Cunningham to challenge Menendez says he will continue his campaign to unseat the incumbent.

"I lost a very close friend and a mentor," said Steven Fulop, a Jersey City neighborhood leader selected by Cunningham earlier in the spring to run in the primary Tuesday. "But we are staying in the race. That's what the mayor would want. We are going to give the people of the 13th District a choice."

Fulop, 27, said he realizes that it's "an uphill battle."

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