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Baraka’s fourth term comes with some asterisks

May 18, 2026 6:42 pmMay 18, 2026 11:57 pm

There was good news and bad news for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka in last week’s non-partisan municipal election: he was re-elected by a wide margin, but not as impressively as his last two races; and he retains a council majority,...

McIver endorses a successor in Newark’s Central Ward

September 29, 2025 6:02 pmSeptember 29, 2025 6:13 pm

It’s been a long year for Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark), who won a special election to replace the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) last September, settled into Washington right as Donald Trump took power, and now faces controversial federal...

Six file to replace McIver in Newark’s Central Ward

August 21, 2025 10:37 pmAugust 22, 2025 9:05 am

Six candidates have filed to run in a non-partisan November special election to fill the Newark Central Ward city council seat left vacant last fall when Democrat LaMonica McIver resigned to take her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives....

McIver’s Newark council seat could be vacant for a year

July 25, 2024 3:28 pmJuly 25, 2024 6:05 pm

Newark’s Central Ward could be without representation on the city council for nearly fourteen months if LaMonica McIver wins election to the U.S. House of Representatives in September, potentially gridlocking the state’s largest city while Mayor Ras Baraka is running...