The Mayor of Newark is the head of the executive branch of government of Newark, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors, department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the Municipal Council.
Newark, New Jersey, was founded in 1666 and became a township on October 31, 1693, and granted a Royal charter on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, and reincorporated as city in 1836.Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 130. Accessed February 14, 2012. 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, 1953.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 125.
The mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections (for mayor and municipal council) are nonpartisan and are held on the 2nd Tuesday in May. Mayor Ras Baraka was first elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.
Mayors
# Mayor Term start Term end PartyNotes1William HalseyWhigWilliam Halsey was the first mayor of Newark.2Theodore FrelinghuysenWhig3James MillerWhig4Oliver Spencer HalsteadWhig5William WrightWhig6Stephen DodWhig7Isaac BaldwinWhigBaldwin did not attend the first meeting; he was unwell.8Beach VanderpoolWhig9James MillerWhig10James M. QuinbyWhig11Horace J. PoinierWhig12Moses BigelowDemocratic13Theodore RunyonDemocratic14Thomas Baldwin PeddieRepublican15Frederick William RicordRepublican16Nehemiah PerryDemocratic17Henry J. YatesRepublican18William H. F. FiedlerDemocratic19Henry LangRepublican20Joseph E. HaynesDemocratic21Julius A. LebkuecherRepublican22James M. SeymourDemocraticSworn in May 423Henry Meade DoremusRepublican24Jacob HausslingDemocratic25Thomas Lynch RaymondRepublican26Charles P. GillenDemocratic27Alexander ArchibaldDemocraticTerm ends with death28Frederick C. BreidenbachRepublicanElected by board on the death of Archibald29Thomas Lynch RaymondRepublicanTerm ends with death30Jerome T. CongletonRepublicanAppointed on the death of Raymond31Meyer C. EllensteinRepublican32Vincent J. MurphyMay 17, 1949Democratic33Ralph A. VillaniRepublican34Leo P. CarlinDemocratic35Hugh Joseph AddonizioDemocraticLast non-Hispanic white mayor.36Kenneth Allen GibsonDemocraticKenneth Allen Gibson was the first African-American Mayor of Newark. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern United States city.37Sharpe JamesDemocraticServed for years.38Cory BookerDemocraticRan against Sharpe James in 2002 and lost; won in 2006 (incumbent James did not seek reelection).39Luis A. QuintanaDemocratic Became acting mayor after Cory Booker's resignation to become a Class 2 member of the United States Senate.40Ras BarakaIncumbentDemocraticRas Baraka is the current mayor of Newark. He has been serving for .
See also List of elected officials in Newark, New Jersey 1970 Newark mayoral election 2014 Newark mayoral election History of Newark, New Jersey
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