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....
State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), a longtime fixture in Newark politics, announced this morning that he is endorsing rapper Dupré Kelly for the Newark City Council’s West Ward. “I believe Dupré Kelly is in the strongest position to unite city...
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....