Augusto Amador Archives

Baraka said to be picking Pennington for BA

June 25, 2018 6:19 pmJune 27, 2018 11:41 am

Newark mayor Ras Baraka is preparing to name Eric Pennington as the new city business administrator, according to two sources connected to the mayor. Pennington, a former chief judge of the Orange Municipal Court, is expected to succeed Jack Kelly,...

Amador safe, not enough votes left for Campos to gain

June 13, 2018 5:25 pmJune 19, 2018 2:43 pm

Newark City Councilman Augusto Amador has expanded his lead over challenger Anthony Campos and is now ahead by 108 votes. With 48 provisional votes not yet counted, Amador has a lock on his re-election to a sixth term representing the...

Amador wins sixth term on Newark City Council

June 13, 2018 2:32 amJune 13, 2018 5:21 pm

Three city council candidates allied with Mayor Ras Baraka won runoff elections in Newark on Tuesday. Five-term incumbent Augusto Amador narrowly held on to his East Ward city council seat, wining defeating former Newark Chief of Police Anthony Campos. With...

Turnout spiking in Newark’s East Ward

June 12, 2018 5:30 pmJune 19, 2018 2:47 pm

The battle in Newark’s East Ward has voters out in droves. Turnout in the ward Tuesday afternoon more closely mirrored that of May’s election, which traditionally sees at least twice the turnout a runout might, than it did runoffs in...

The polls are open in Trenton and Newark

June 12, 2018 6:00 amJune 19, 2018 2:50 pm

The polls are now open in Trenton and Newark, where voters have until 8 PM to cast their ballots in runoff election. Several New Jersey county political parties will hold their reorganization meetings tonight; the most competitive county chairman contests...

Three Newark council races head to runoff

June 11, 2018 12:01 amJune 25, 2018 4:26 pm

Voters in three wards will go to the polls on Tuesday when a runoff election for a trio of seats on the Newark City Council. The most watched race is in the East Ward, where five-term councilman Augusto Amador faces...

Ruiz to walk for Baraka candidates

May 31, 2018 5:47 pmJune 1, 2018 1:33 am

The three of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s City Council candidates facing runoff elections are getting aid from someone a bit higher up on the state’s political pecking order. State Senate President Pro Tempore Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) said on Thursday that...