Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has endorsed Wilda Diaz for re-election to a fourth term as the mayor of Perth Amboy. “As the first female Mayor of Perth Amboy, the first Latina Mayor of the State of New Jersey and first...
Newark residents give Gov. Phil Murphy a 76%-17% approval rating on his handling of racial and policing issues, according to a poll conducted by Project Ready, a local non-profit group. Mayor Ras Baraka has approvals of 85%-11%, while President Donald...
Just 3% of Newark voters have returned vote-by-mail ballots for a school board race that had been expected to have little voter interest. So far, 4,679 voters have returned their VBM ballots for three Board of Education seats. Last April,...
Gov. Phil Murphy is more popular in Newark than Mayor Ras Baraka, according to a poll released this morning by Project Ready, a local education advocacy group. Murphy has approvals of 83%-14%, while Baraka is at 75%-18%. President Donald Trump...
A coalition slate that has controlled Newark school board elections of the last five years has dropped incumbent Reginald Bledsoe from their ticket and replaced him with the 23-year-old son of South Ward Democratic chairman Patrick Counsel. Hasani Council, an...
Former Assistant New Jersey Attorney General Shavar Jeffries is actively considering a challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Jeffries, who ran a strong race for mayor of Newark six...
The filing deadline for the June 2020 primary is less than three months away and Cory Booker has not yet announced if he will seek re-election to the United States Senate. Booker is at 3% in two national polls released...