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The following is a list of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, United States within its five political wards. [1] each with distinct neighborhoods. [2] North Ward
For the 2024-2025 session, the 29th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Teresa Ruiz (D, Newark) and in the General Assembly by Eliana Pintor Marin (D, Newark) and Shanique Speight (D, Newark). [7] The legislative district overlaps with New Jersey's 8th and 10th congressional districts.
Municipal elections in Newark are nonpartisan [3] and are held on the second Tuesday in May. [4] A council candidate seeking a post in a ward must receive more than 50 percent of the vote. If a candidate does not receive a majority, a run-off election is held with the two candidates with the greatest number of votes.
Newark is the home of multiple institutions of higher education, including: a Berkeley College campus, [372] the main campus of Essex County College, [373] New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), [374] the Newark Campus of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (formerly University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), [375] Rutgers ...
The county's Board of County Commissioners is composed of nine members, five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at-large basis. They are elected for three-year concurrent terms and may be re-elected to successive terms at the annual election in November. [2] Essex County's Commissioners are:
Newark is New Jersey's largest city. Mayors are elected for four-year terms in May non-partisan elections. 1953-1962: Leo P. Carlin, elected 1953, under Newark's old Commissioner form of government. Elected in 1954 as the first mayor of Newark to be directly elected by voters. Re-elected in 1958.
New Jersey's 28th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. The district includes the Essex County municipalities of Maplewood , Irvington and South Orange , along with portions of Newark (which is also part of the 29th district ); and the Union County municipality of Hillside .
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 ...