Phil Murphy’s second term nears an end and a contentious gubernatorial primary in June heats up with four Republicans and six Democrats, including Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, competing to be his ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is making a bet on progressivism in the race for governor of New Jersey. President Donald Trump seems to be helping his cause. Baraka, the longtime mayor of New Jersey’s ...

Democratic voters weighed in on the candidates’ favorability. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka leads the pack with 43%, followed by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill ...

You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter (or X). Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is blasting the announcement Thursday that the largest immigrant detention center on the East Coast would be at a ...

Three months before the big primary election, a new poll finds Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is the most-known and most-liked candidate by Democratic voters in the six-person fight for the party’s ...

For the Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, eliminating these conditions that cause homelessness is a top priority of his 3-year plan, “The path home.” It was introduced in December 2022, with the ...

A progressive organization’s Zoom event with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to discuss his campaign for New Jersey governor was abruptly cancelled on Sunday after a racist and pornographic cyber attack ...

Two more gubernatorial candidates will seek public matching dollars after reporting they have raised and spent enough money to qualify, their campaigns told the New Jersey Monitor. The campaigns ...

The campaigns for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, and Republican former radio host Bill Spadea say they will apply for 2-to-1 matching dollars, joining six other would-be governors who have ...