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Bill Cost learned Tuesday his slim election-night lead survived the addition of absentees and provisional ballots in the Newark Council at-large race.
Jeff Hall became Newark's first four-term mayor and Democrat Bill Cost edged Republican Spencer Barker for the final spot in council at-large race.
Republicans in Newark have never had a better election night than Tuesday, winning all eight races and eliminating all Democrats from city council. Republicans sweep Newark elections, eliminate ...
The 2022 Newark mayoral election was held on May 10, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Elections for all seats on the nine member Municipal Council of Newark were held on the same day. Elections were non-partisan and candidates were not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor Ras Baraka ran for re-election and easily won a ...
Newark was governed by a mayor and common council from 1836 to 1917 and then by a five-member commission until 1954. Effective as of July 1, 1954, the voters of the city of Newark, by a referendum held on November 3, 1953 and under the Optional Municipal Charter Law (commonly known as the Faulkner Act ), adopted the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council ...
On May 3, Governor Phil Murphy scheduled the special election for September 18, with primaries being held on July 16. This was the first non-November special election for a vacant House seat in New Jersey since 1950 which Republican William Widnall won after incumbent Representative J. Parnell Thomas was convicted on corruption charges. [2]
Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver (D) has won the special election to fill a vacant House seat representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
[1] [2] The city is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council Plan C form of local government, which became effective as of July 1, 1954, after the voters of the city passed a referendum held on November 3, 1953. [3] The mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term.