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By Karen Yi<\/p>\n

Two incumbent Newark City Council members and a newcomer — who all ran\u00a0with the\u00a0support of Mayor Ras Baraka<\/a> — won their respective races in Tuesday’s runoff elections, and will serve four-year terms overseeing the state’s largest city.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0most contentious\u00a0fight, in the East Ward, longtime Councilman Augusto Amador inched out his opponent, Anthony Campos, a former police director for the city,\u00a0according to a spokesperson\u00a0for Team Baraka.<\/p>\n

Amador earned 51 percent of the vote (or 1,824 votes), preliminary results show<\/a>, with 96 percent of precincts reporting.<\/p>\n

The two top vote getters in three council races, who did not earn more than 50 percent of the vote in May’s elections<\/a>, moved on to Tuesday’s runoffs.<\/p>\n

In the East Ward, the\u00a0runoff pitted two members of the Portuguese community against one another in an area of the city dealing with its share of growth and fears of gentrification.<\/p>\n

Calls to Amador and Campos Tuesday night were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n

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LaMonica McIver (right) and Shawn McCray (left) sought the Central Ward Council seat vacated by Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, who ran for mayor and lost. McIver claimed victory on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new councilwoman will take the reins of Newark’s Central Ward, overseeing the hub of growth and development in the city’s downtown.\u00a0LaMonica McIver<\/a>, who ran on Mayor Ras Baraka’s slate and is his former student,\u00a0was victorious in Tuesday’s runoff elections against her opponent Shawn McCray.<\/p>\n

Preliminary results from the Essex County Clerk’s Office show McIver earned 56 percent of the 2,802 votes cast, with all precincts reporting.<\/p>\n

McIver is\u00a0the personnel director for Montclair Public Schools and a trustee of the “Believe in Newark” Foundation.<\/p>\n

“I’m feeling amazing,” McIver told NJ Advance Media Tuesday night. “It was a humbling campaign; a humbling experience.”<\/p>\n

“In the\u00a0Central\u00a0Ward they were looking for fresh face, some consistency in leadership and they were ready for something new,” she said. Among her priorities is bringing more jobs to residents, safer and cleaner streets, and a focus on the city’s youth.<\/p>\n

Central Ward Councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins unsuccessfully challenged Baraka for the mayor’s seat in May, leaving the Central Ward position open.<\/p>\n

McCray did not immediately respond to\u00a0a phone call seeking\u00a0comment.<\/p>\n

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Tomecca Keyes challenged incumbent West Ward Councilman Joseph McCallum. McCallum won.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

West Ward Councilman Joseph McCallum Jr. also beat\u00a0his opponent Tomecca “Mecca” Keyes, a community liaison officer\u00a0for the Heart of Vailsburg Block Club Coalition. Keyes ran on Chaneyfield Jenkin’s slate and was the block’s only candidate to make it this far.<\/p>\n

Keyes mounted a strong campaign against McCallum, who faced also challenges from two of his former aides: Marcellus Allen and Artice Norvell, in May’s election.<\/p>\n

Preliminary results from the Essex County Clerk’s Office show\u00a0McCallum earned 56 percent of the 2,461 votes cast, with all precincts reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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