Analilia Mejia’s strategy for winning the Democratic nomination to succeed Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill revolves around ...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, who visited Liberia and met with key policymakers including Vice President Jeremiah Koung, Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman and Monrovia City Mayor ...

The former New Jersey governor's political comeback pitted him against Jersey City Councilman James Solomon in a race to lead New Jersey's second-largest city.

In November 2004, Obalaji Baraka was sentenced to a year of probation for a third-degree aggravated assault conviction in a domestic violence incident, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s ...

Solomon, a city council member since 2017, defeated McGreevey in a runoff after they finished first and second in a general election with seven candidates on the ballot.

NEWARK, N.J. (WPIX) – The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was taken into custody by Homeland Security at an ICE facility on Friday afternoon, according to Alina Habba, the interim U.S. Attorney for the ...

Jersey City elected James Solomon, a two-term city councilman and a progressive outsider, as the city’s next mayor in its Tuesday runoff, rejecting former ...

Progressive Jersey City Councilman James Solomon is projected to beat former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey (D) in Jersey City’s mayoral election, according to Decision Desk HQ. Solomon on Tuesday ...

The contest advanced to a runoff after no candidate tallied more than 50 percent of the vote in the Nov. 4 general election, when seven people were on the ballot.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday, May 9, at an ICE detention center in his city during a visit alongside three members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation. The arrest occurred at the ...