“Despite what people try to make you believe, you can see what’s happening in Newark,” Baraka said in a victory speech to supporters. … We never said things couldn’t get better, all we said was that we were moving in the right direction.”Baraka received support from Booker, a former Newark mayor who left in 2013 and won a special election to replace late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The winner will succeed Eric Jackson, who beat Perez for the mayoral seat in 2014 but chose not to seek re-election. Adam Schneider, who had been mayor of Long Branch since 1990, lost his bid for an eighth term. Ocean City voters returned Mayor Jay Gillian to office for a third term.

Source: National Post May 09, 2018 16:18 UTC