Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka spoke exclusively with rolling out about why the time to run for the office of New Jersey governor is now.

Six Democrats and five Republicans who want to be N.J. governor filed petitions Monday to secure spots on the ballot in the ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka leads polls in New Jersey’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. He could become the state’s first Black ...

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ICE agents detained "undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant," said Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka in a January 23 statement. "This egregious act is in plain violation ...

Sherrill faces five other major candidates in the Democratic primary: Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, former state Senate President Steve Sweeney and ...

MADISON, N.J. — Sean Spiller’s bid for the Democratic gubernatorial ... The latest Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) poll reveals that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, and ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Along an industrial stretch of roadway in New Jersey’s biggest city, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared with immigrants rights activists last week to protest the Trump ...

Margie “Mia X” Johnson has been named Newark’s first poet laureate, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced on March 12. The newly created position, which will be filled every two years, aims to ...

Newark mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka speaks during a protest in front of of Delaney Hall, the proposed site of an immigrant detention center, in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, March 11, 2025.