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Jake Ephros

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Jake Ephros
Member-elect of the City Council in Jersey City
from Ward D
Assumed office
January 1, 2026
Preceded byYousef J. Saleh
Personal details
BornMontclair, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Socialists of America
ResidenceJersey City, New Jersey

Jake Ephros is an American politician who is the councilman-elect for Ward D of the Jersey City council. He was elected to the Jersey City council in a runoff election on December 2, 2025, after placing second place in the general election on November 4, 2025.[1]

Ephros is a member of the North New Jersey chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which endorsed him during the 2025 election.[2] Ephros and fellow councilman-elect Joel Brooks are the first socialist politicians elected in New Jersey in over a century.[3]

Career

Ephros was born in Montclair, New Jersey. Ephros graduated from American University in 2018, later becoming an adjunct professor at Saint Peter’s University and Hudson County Community College.[4]

Ephros was involved in union organizing after graduating. He trained with SEIU 32BJ and campaigned for the right to counsel for tenants in Jersey City.[5][6] He volunteered for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. In 2024, he supported the Uncommitted National Movement's protest against American support for Israel in the Gaza War, accusing the Biden administration of committing genocide.[7][8]

Ephros announced a run for Jersey City council in 2024, on a platform of expanding rent control and universal childcare.[9] Ephros was endorsed by Run for Something, mayoral candidate James Solomon, Assemblywoman Katie Brennan, and fellow DSA member Joel Brooks.[10][11][12] He was also supported by a fundraising effort with the slogan "Socialist cash takes out capitalist trash," a project of DSA's national electoral committee.[13]

In the general election on November 4, 2025, he placed in second place behind Catherine Healy, the daughter of former Mayor Jeramiah Healy. He was able to defeat Healy in the runoff with 3,020 votes to Healy's 1,915, on December 3.[14] New Jersey Monitor and People's World attributed Ephros and Brooks' electoral successes to them focusing on affordability and quality-of-life issues.[15][16]

Political views

Ephros identifies as a democratic socialist and supports founding an "formal independent political party" separate from the Democratic Party.[17] After his victory, Ephros explained to Jacobin that "[Socialism] can’t be abstract. It can’t be academic only. If we want to win popular support, we need to pick up the trash. We need to pave the roads. We need to keep people in their houses."[18] In 2023, Ephros co-signed a letter with other Jewish socialists declaring themselves to be pro-Palestine and opposing Zionism.[19] Ephros has expressed support for increased civilian oversight of police.[20]

He is a member of Bread and Roses, a Marxist caucus of DSA.[21] He is one of four Bread and Roses members to hold electoral office, the others being Jesse Brown, Richie Floyd of St. Petersburg, Florida, and JP Lyninger of Louisville, Kentucky.[22][23][24] Movimento Revista, a publication of the Socialist Left Movement of the Brazilian Socialism and Liberty Party described Ephros' campaign as implementing Bread and Roses' "1-2-3-4 plan" to establish the DSA as an independent socialist party.[25]

Personal life

Ephros is Jewish and has family in Israel.[26][27]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Kerrie (2025-12-03). "Live: Jersey City Mayoral and City Council Runoff Election Results December 2025". Hoboken Girl. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  2. ↑ "DSA Election Night 2025 - Results". DSA NEC 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Democratic Socialists Win Two Jersey City Council Seats in Groundbreaking Victories". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  4. ↑ Cedeno, Israel (2025-09-08). "Meet Jake Ephros SPU Adjunct Running For Jersey City Council". Saint Peter's Tribune. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  5. ↑ By. "In Jersey City, It's Socialists Versus the Machine". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  6. ↑ Heinis, John (2025-11-21). "32BJ SEIU supporting Jake Ephros for Jersey City Ward D council seat". Hudson County View.
  7. ↑ Ephros, Jake (2024-04-01). "New Jersey Can Finish the "Uncommitted" Protest Vote That Michigan Started". The Call. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Jake Ephros". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  9. ↑ Lissner, Caren (2024-06-18). "'Jake For JC' Will Run For City Council Representing Jersey City Heights". Wyckoff, NJ Patch. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Young, Community-Focused NJ Candidates Are Driving Voter Enthusiasm". Run For Something. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  11. ↑ Insider NJ (2025-11-12). "Solomon Announces Run-Off Endorsements in Ward B, C, and D". Insider NJ.
  12. ↑ Sytsma, Will (2025-08-22). "Brennan Endorses Solomon, Ephros, Brooks for Jersey City Offices". Jersey City Times. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  13. ↑ DiFilippo, Dana (2025-12-03). "Democratic socialist says wins in Jersey City are a 'watershed' for far-left movement • New Jersey Monitor". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  14. ↑ Wildstein, Zach Blackburn and David (2025-12-03). "James Solomon elected mayor of Jersey City". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  15. ↑ DiFilippo, Dana (2025-12-03). "Democratic socialist says wins in Jersey City are a 'watershed' for far-left movement • New Jersey Monitor". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  16. ↑ Orr, Cameron (2025-12-11). "Affordability and justice on the agenda in Jersey City following elections". People's World. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  17. ↑ Wexler, Sara. "Socialist Jake Ephros Is Running for Jersey City Council". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  18. ↑ Broszkowski, Roman. "In Jersey City, Socialists Beat the Democratic Machine". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  19. ↑ "The Growing Jewish Resistance to Israel's War on Palestine". In These Times. 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  20. ↑ Nichanian, Daniel; Sabino, Pascal (2025-12-12). "New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight". Bolts. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  21. ↑ Ephros, Jake (2025-07-01). "Jake Ephros is Running an Independent, DSA-backed Campaign in New Jersey". The Call. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  22. ↑ Schweitzer, Jesse Brown and Oren (2024-03-13). "Jesse Brown is Poking the Bear in Indianapolis". The Call. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  23. ↑ Ephros, Jake. "Learning From the Left's Struggle in Florida Against the Far Right". The Call. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  24. ↑ Lyninger, J. P. (2024-07-09). "Meet Kentucky's Newest Democratic Socialist Politician". The Call. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  25. ↑ "Jersey City Elects Socialists for the First Time in More Than 100 Years". Revista Movimento (in português). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  26. ↑ Heinis, John (2024-06-17). "Jersey City Council hopeful speaks out against N.J. bill to define anti-Semitism". Hudson County View.
  27. ↑ Ulloa, Daniel (2025-04-24). "Man arrested at Jersey City Council meeting during chaotic debate about Gaza - Hudson County View". Hudson County View. Archived from the original on 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-12-17.


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