Member of the Newark Municipal Council from the South Ward
In office July 1, 2010 – July 1, 2014
Preceded by
Oscar James
Succeeded by
John James
Member of the Newark Municipal Council from the at-large district
In office November 2, 2005 – July 1, 2006
Preceded by
Donald Kofi Tucker
Succeeded by
Mildred Crump
Personal details
Born
Ras Jua Baraka
(1970-04-09) April 9, 1970 (age 54) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Relations
Amiri Baraka (father)
Education
Howard University (BA) Saint Peter's University (MA)
Website
Official website
Ras Jua Baraka (born April 9, 1970[1][2]) is an American educator, author, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Baraka is the 40th and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey. First elected in the 2014 election, he was sworn into office on May 13, 2014,[3] and was reelected in 2018 and 2022.
Prior to his election as mayor, he served on the Municipal Council of Newark and as principal of the city's Central High School.[4] Baraka is a candidate for governor of New Jersey in the 2025 election.
^""Baraka, Ras", Our Campaigns". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
^Jones, Kellie; Baraka, Imanu Amini (2011), EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, p. 467, ISBN 978-0822348733
^Dawsey, Josh (May 13, 2014). "Ras Baraka Is Elected Mayor of Newark". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
^"City of Newark, NJ: Ras J. Baraka". City of Newark, New Jersey. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
Ras Jua Baraka (born April 9, 1970) is an American educator, author, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Baraka is the 40th and current...
former New Jersey Senate president Stephen Sweeney and Newark mayor RasBaraka are running for the Democratic nomination. Former state assemblyman Jack...
Republican nominee for governor in 2021, has stated he intends to run again. RasBaraka, Mayor of Newark (2014–present) Steven Fulop, Mayor of Jersey City (2013–present)...
Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer Ras J...
2014. The race was characterized as a contest between two candidates, RasBaraka and Shavar Jeffries, both from Newark's South Ward. Elections for all...
non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor RasBaraka avoided a runoff after winning a second term with 77 percent of the votes...
Prima has eight half-siblings, among them Kellie and Lisa Jones, and RasBaraka, mayor of Newark, New Jersey. "L.A. Radio Veteran Dominique DiPrima Honored...
Columbia University. Jones has a half-brother, Newark, New Jersey, mayor RasBaraka, and a half-sister, Dominique di Prima, from Amiri's relationship with...
the Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers, was co-edited with RasBaraka and proclaimed "a new black consciousness movement", in response to the...
1966, Amina married Amiri Baraka, who at that time was known as LeRoi Jones. They have five children. Their son RasBaraka became the Mayor of Newark...
Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer...
listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor RasBaraka ran for re-election and easily won a third term. RasBaraka, incumbent Mayor of Newark Sheila Montague...
Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Newark Mayor RasBaraka, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, and others. Menendez campaigned...
scheduled. The Newark mayoral election took place May 13, 2014 and was won by RasBaraka. Luis A. Quintana had stepped down as Council President to be sworn in...
Despite his loss, RasBaraka would successfully run again for mayor of Newark 20 years later. Sharpe James, incumbent Mayor of Newark RasBaraka, author and...
near Evergreen Cemetery and the airport. Governor Phil Murphy and Mayor RasBaraka praised the project. The venture is billed as likely to generate up to...
not out there screaming and yelling, because they have to work." Mayor RasBaraka of Newark, New Jersey, called "defund the police" a "bourgeois liberal"...
Mayor of New York City Elijah Cummings, United States Representative RasBaraka, mayor of Newark, New Jersey Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize– and Nobel...
officials Craig Guy, Hudson County Executive (2024–present) Local officials RasBaraka, mayor of Newark (2014–present) Christian Bollwage, mayor of Elizabeth...
Experience. It features guest appearances from Chuck D, Ice Cube and RasBaraka. The album reached number 72 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and sold...
(Sheldon Neeley); Reno, Nevada (Hillary Schieve); Newark, New Jersey (RasBaraka); Charlotte, North Carolina (Vi Lyles), and Raleigh, North Carolina (Mary-Ann...
(2001–2005); former Chair of the South Dakota Democratic Party (2011–2013) RasBaraka, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey since 2014 Jim Bouley, Mayor of Concord,...
Rucker – Get Ready Michael Ellison – Light Skin-did Ishle Park – Pussy RasBaraka – American Poem Dana Gilmore – Wife, Woman, Friend Common – God is Freedom...
throughout the record. On the interludes, American poet and politician RasBaraka portrays a teacher speaking with children about the concept of love. In...
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