2002 Newark mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2002 Newark mayoral election Presidential New Jersey File:Flag of Newark, New Jersey.png no 1998 Newark mayoral election 1998 2006 Newark mayoral election 2006 May 14, 2002 x150px 19.58% MayorSharpeJames.jpg Sharpe James Nonpartisan candidate 28,300 52.3% File:Cory Booker portrait (cropped).jpg Cory Booker Nonpartisan candidate 24,800 46.7% Mayor Sharpe James Democratic Party (United States) Sharpe James Democratic Party (United States) The 2002 election for Mayor of Newark took place in Newark, the most populous city in the state of New Jersey, on May 14, 2002. Elections for all seats on the nine-member Municipal Council of Newark were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place. Elections in the city are non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor and State Senator Sharpe James avoided a runoff and was re-elected to his fifth term in office. He was the first Newark mayor to be elected five times.https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/15/nyregion/newark-election-overview-james-wins-5th-term-newark-challenger-rebuffed.html THE NEWARK ELECTION: OVERVIEW; James Wins 5th Term in Newark as Challenger is Rebuffed The New York Times 15 May 2002 Jacobs Andrew This campaign was the subject of the 2005 documentary Street Fight. Cory Booker, who had become a municipal council member in 1998,https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2002/03/17/newarks-nasty-race/1fffcf4f-fe82-4cb8-b6cd-7f77cbc122cc/ Newark's Nasty Race George F. Will March 17, 2002 www.washingtonpost.com was elected Mayor of Newark in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. After having won the October 16 special election for U.S. senator he resigned as mayor and was sworn in on October 31, 2013 as the junior U.S. senator from New Jersey. Lee Eunace See Cory Booker's resignation letter as he bids farewell to Newark City Hall, goes to Washington The Star-Ledger nj.com October 30, 2013 http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/10/cory_booker_bids_farewell_to_newark_city_hall_flies_to_washington.html October 31, 2013 He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, ending his campaign three weeks before the first nominating contest, the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses. Candidates The deadline for candidates to file for election was April 14. Declared Cory Booker, Newark Municipal Councilman Sharpe James, State Senator and incumbent Mayor of Newark Dwayne Smith, businessman and former law enforcement officer Though all elections are non-partisan, all candidates are registered Democrats and Newark is a heavily Democratic city. Campaign The election was noted for its acrimony and attacks by both candidates. James called Booker "a Republican who took money from the KKK [and] Taliban ... [who's] collaborating with the Jews to take over Newark".The madness of Newark's King James Arianna Huffington April 30, 2002 http://dir.salon.com/story/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html Salon dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060614085422/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html June 14, 2006 September 8, 2013https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/newyork/features/5921/ The New Natural Seth Mnookin New York April 22, 2002 Booker focused on James's reputation for corruption. One focus of the campaign was race. Booker, who is of mixed African and European ancestry and was raised in the wealthy suburbs, was accused of insufficient connection to the city's impoverished, majority-black voters.Damien Cave https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/nyregion/04newark.html In a Debate of Newark Mayoral Candidates, Some Agreement and a Lot of Discord May 4, 2006 The New York Times Endorsements Cory Booker National elected officials Bill Bradley, United States Senator from New Jersey Floyd Flake, United States Representative from New York Individuals Arianna Huffington, publisher and businesswoman Spike Lee, filmmaker Cornel West, Princeton University professor Newspapers The New York Times The Newark Star-Ledger Sharpe James National elected officials Jon Corzine, United States Senator from New Jersey State elected officials Jim McGreevey, Governor of New Jersey Individuals Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and candidate for President in 1984 and 1988 Al Sharpton, civil rights leader and frequent candidate for public office from New York Results If no candidate received 50% of the vote, the race would have continued to a run-off between the top two candidates from the first round. James received 52.95 percent of the total vote, securing re-election. Results2002 NEWARK MAYORAL ELECTION RETURNS http://www.politicsnj.com/index_Newark2002.htm politicsnj.com https://web.archive.org/web/20031106231837/http://www.politicsnj.com/index_Newark2002.htm 6 November 2003 Sharpe James (incumbent) Nonpartisan candidate 28,363 52.9% Cory Booker Nonpartisan candidate 24,869 46.5% Dwayne Smith Nonpartisan candidate 339 0.6% 53,571 100.00 References External links The 2002 and 2006 Mayoral Elections Jonathan L. Wharton Jonathan L. Wharton October 20, 2013 Palgrave Macmillan US 37–62 10.1057/9781137277725_3 A Post-Racial Change is Gonna Come 978-1-349-44733-6 https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/for.2004.2.3_20120105083449/for.2004.2.3/for.2004.2.3.1030/for.2004.2.3.1030.xml The Forum Category:Cory Booker 2002 Category:2002 United States mayoral elections Newark Category:2000s in Newark, New Jersey