2018 Newark mayoral election

2018 Newark mayoral election
May 8, 2018
 
Candidate Ras Baraka Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins
Popular vote 22,094 6,510
Percentage 77.00% 22.69%
Mayor before election

Ras Baraka
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ras Baraka
Democratic

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The 2018 election for mayor of Newark took place in Newark, the most populous city in New Jersey, United States, on May 8, 2018. Elections for all seats on the nine-member Municipal Council of Newark were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place on June 5, 2018. Elections are non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor Ras Baraka avoided a runoff after winning a second term with 77 percent of the votes.[1]

Candidates

The deadline for candidates to file for election was March 5, 2018, by which time each potential candidate must have submitted a petition signed by at least 1,413 voters.[2] As of Monday January 8, 2018, six people had requested petitions necessary to mount a mayoral campaign:[3]

  • Abdush Shahid Ahmad
  • Ras Baraka, incumbent mayor[4]
  • Darnella A. Lee
  • Sheila A. Montague

By election day, however, Newark councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, who had entered the race on January 9, 2018,[5] was Mayor Baraka's only challenger.[6]

Results

Results[7]
Candidate Votes %
Ras Baraka (incumbent) 22,094 77.0
Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins 6,510 22.7
Write-in 90 0.3
Total votes 28,694 100%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baraka wins reelection in Newark mayoral race in a landslide".
  2. ^ "News: 2018 Municipal Election Information". www.newarknj.gov. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "This fight between politicians could be N.J.'s nastiest of 2018". January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "A 'humbled' Newark Mayor Ras Baraka makes re-election bid". June 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Chaneyfield Jenkins launches bid to unseat Newark Mayor Baraka".
  6. ^ "Voters head to polls Tuesday in election for mayor of Newark". May 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "ESSEX COUNTY, NJ MUNICIPAL ELECTION Official Results". Essex County, NJ. June 6, 2018.
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