Ballot positions were chosen today. The breakdown of each office, candidate and ballot position is below. The two mayoral candidates, Ras Baraka and Shavar Jeffries, each have a slate of eight council candidates running with them. The slates are indicated in parentheses. Incumbents are indicated with an asterisk. Mayor One seat, two candidates Shavar Jeffries, Line 1A, All in for Newark Ras Baraka, Line 2A, Believe in Newark At-large Council Seat Four seats, 18 candidates, two incumbents Wilfredo Caraballo, 1B, (Jeffries slate) Carlos Gonzalez*, 2B, (Jeffries slate) Lynda Lloyd, 3B, (Jeffries slate) Calvin Souder, 4B Juan Arias, 5B Carlotta Hall, 6B Cesar Vizcaino, 7B Luis Quintana (current mayor), 8B Louis Shockley, 9B Alturrick Kenney, 10B William Ramos, 11B Carlos Cruz Jimenez, 12B Terrance Bankston, 13B Marques Aquil Lewis, 14B Dosso Kassimou, 15B Mildred Crump*, 16B (Baraka slate) Patrick Council, 17B (Baraka slate) Edward (Eddie) Osborne, 18B (Baraka slate) North Ward 1 seat, 3 candidates Luis Lopez, 1C, (Baraka slate) Pablo Oliveira, 2C Anibal Ramos*, 3C, (Jeffries slate) East Ward One seat, five candidates James Parillo, 1C Jonathan Seabra, 2C Omar Nieves, 3C Luis Correia, 4C Augusto Amador*, 5C, (Jeffries slate) West Ward One seat, eight candidates, no incumbent Patricia Bradford, 1C Joseph McCallum, Jr., 2C, (Baraka slate) Robert Waters, 3C, (Jeffries slate) Anton Wheeler, 4C Sheila Montague, 5C Anthony Higgins, 6C Maryam Bey, 7C Rashawn Davis, 8C South Ward One seat, six candidates John Sharpe James, 1C, (Baraka slate) Jarmar Bass, 2C Yvonne Garrett Moore, 3C Brian Logan, 4C (Jeffries slate) Uju Chiemelu, 5C Joanne Miller, 6C Central Ward One seat, eight candidates Darrin Sharif*, 1C Victor Zamora, 2C Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, 3C, (Baraka slate) Andre Speight, 4C, (Jeffries slate) Shawn McCray, 5C Miguel Arce, 6C Rafael Brito, 7C Czezre Adams, 8C
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:15:02 +0000