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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...

Baraka re-elected with massive 77%

May 9, 2018 5:49 amMay 10, 2018 12:20 pm

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...