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Fontoura endorses Silva in Newark East Ward runoff

May 23, 2022 3:41 pm

Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced today that he is endorsing retired police officer Mike Silva for Newark’s East Ward council seat, two weeks after Silva won a spot in the June 14 runoff against 2018 candidate and fellow retired...

Newark will hold at least two runoffs in four contested council races

May 10, 2022 10:37 pmMay 10, 2022 11:29 pm

Mayor Ras Baraka’s slate in four contested council races is having a mixed night; Central Ward Councilwoman LaMonica McIver won outright, but two of Baraka’s endorsees will likely face runoffs and a third came in dead last in his race....

Baraka’s at-large council slate wins unopposed in Newark

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that four at-large candidates for Newark City Council – incumbents Carlos Gonzalez, Luis Quintana, and Larry Crump and newcomer Louise Scott-Rountree – have been elected unopposed. All four ran on the slate of Mayor Ras...

Silva unveils long list of local East Ward endorsements

March 23, 2022 3:13 pmMarch 23, 2022 5:04 pm

Michael Silva, a retired policeman and one of the leading candidates for the open East Ward seat on the Newark City Council, today released a list of 50 endorsements from a variety of local community and political leaders. “Michael represents...

Pintor Marin endorses Silva in Newark East Ward race

March 14, 2022 12:01 amMarch 14, 2022 10:31 am

Michael J. Silva has scored a major endorsement in his bid for a Newark East Ward city council seat, picking up the support of Assembly Budget Committee Chair Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Newark). “Michael represents the best that the East Ward...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....