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.

A new ad for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s bid to become the next governor of New Jersey hits President Donald Trump’s gutting of the U.S. Department of ...

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Hitting coach in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, he played for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic and the ...

As Newark deputy mayor, Baraka said introducing Farrakhan at a speech where he espoused violent and conspiratorial views was ...

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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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 ...

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.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...