JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback comes down to a one-on-one runoff Tuesday against an opponent who has denounced him and his scandal-stained exit from the governor’s office two decades ago as the epitome of “politics of the past.”

McGreevey and James Solomon are the last candidates standing in a race for mayor of Jersey City , a community across the Hudson River from Manhattan that is sometimes referred to as New York City's sixth borough. Like last month's elections in New York and elsewhere, the race has focused heavily on affordability , particularly the high cost of housing.

The contest advanced to a runoff after no candidate tallied more than 50% of the vote in the Nov. 4 general election, when seven people were on

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