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The 2010 election forMayor of Newark took place inNewark,the most populous city in the state of New Jersey, on May 11, 2010. Elections for all seats on the nine memberMunicipal Council of Newark were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place. Elections in the city arenon-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent MayorCory Booker avoided a runoff and was re-elected to his second term in office.
Booker would not serve out the entirety of his second term. In 2013, after having won theOctober 16 special election for U.S. senator, Booker resigned as mayor and was sworn in on October 31 as the juniorU.S. senator from New Jersey.[2]Luis A. Quintana, long-term member of the Municipal Council, replaced him as interim mayor.[3] In 2019, he mounted acampaign to participate in2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
If no candidate had received 50% of the vote, the race would have continued to a run-off between the top two candidates from the first round.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 22,745 | 59.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Clifford J. Minor | 13,570 | 35.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yvonne Garrett Moore | 1,703 | 4.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mirna L. White | 444 | 1.2 | |
| Total votes | 38,462 | 100.00 | ||
Gillespie, Andra (2013),The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America, NYU Press,ISBN 9780814732458
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