Newark, New Jersey, was founded in 1666 and became a township on October 31, 1693, and granted a Royal charter on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, and reincorporated as city in 1836.[1][2] The city is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council Plan C form of local government, which became effective as of July 1, 1954, after the voters of the city passed a referendum held on November 3, 1953.[3]
The mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections (for mayor and municipal council) are nonpartisan[4] and are held on the 2nd Tuesday in May.[5] Mayor Ras Baraka was first elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.[6]
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