Newark mayor Ras Baraka won a stunning landslide victory for re-election to a second term on Tuesday, taking 77% of the vote against Central Ward councilwoman Gayle Cheneyfield Jenkins. Baraka carried all five wards by massive margins as he beat...
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. has endorsed Ras Baraka for another term as mayor of Newark but doesn’t appear to be backing the entire slate of incumbents running for city council. Payne contributed $2,000 to Dupree Kelly, a hip-hop artist who...