The Associated Press projects incumbent Ras Baraka, a progressive Democrat, will win a fourth term as the mayor of Newark, New Jersey.

To professional election observers, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s bid for a fourth term leading New Jersey’s largest city is a given. “Wait, there is an election in Newark?” joked Matthew Hale of Seton Hall University’s political science department.

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka compared his arrest at a federal immigration center last week to the Bible's accounts of King David, telling a crowd at a political rally in his city Tuesday afternoon that it was "our David moment." Baraka has ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — “This isn’t the end.” This was the pledge from Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on the day after New Jersey’s primary election for governor – during which he nailed down more than 160,000 votes. U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been ...

Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. Brent Johnson writes the subscriber-only newsletter What Makes Jersey Run. They combined forces in the aftermath of Ras Baraka‘s arrest by ICE agents Friday in Newark.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEWARK, NJ - JANUARY 18: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka attends a unity rally on the steps of City Hall in downtown Newark in support of immigrants on January 18, 2018 in Newark, New Jersey.

Director Simon McQuoid and his team spent months developing the signature fight between Baraka and Johnny Cage - including the stunt team re-creating the set with cardboard boxes in a parking lot.