Luis A. Quintana

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Quintana's term ended on June 30, 2014. [23] He declined to run for mayor 2014 elections. [2] Quintana was seen as an ideal interim mayor because he was "someone who wasn't planning to run and is well-steeped in the minutiae of running Newark." None of the mayoral candidates sought the position since not only "would it be difficult to run the city for the first time while campaigning, it would be hard to demand change in a city while running it." [30] "I am not considering a run for mayor of Newark, and I've said that before,..My only mission is to be the gatekeeper, and to give the citizens of Newark a model for future mayors to come." said Quintana in December 2012. [31]

As quoted in the Newark-based newspaper, the Star-Ledger, Rutgers University professor Clement Price characterized the election as the "first mayoral race after the long drama associated with the ending of Mayor Sharpe James' last term and the national ascent of Cory Booker" and "wonders whether the local and national attention in this campaign will be anywhere proximate to the life and times of Cory Booker and Newark." [32] Booker's departure prompted an earlier than normal start to electoral campaigns. [33]

Municipal elections in Newark are nonpartisan [34] and are held the 2nd Tuesday in May [35] (May 13, 2014). [36] Booker's election, and eventual departure, as well as shifting demographics, have been instrumental in changing the political climate and political alliances in Newark. [37] The percentage of Latinos in Newark has grown considerably between 1980 and 2010, from 18.6% to 33.8%; that of blacks has slightly decreased from 58.2% to 52.4%. While municipal elections have seen black-Latino coalitions, voting tends to remain racially polarized. [38] [39] [40] [41]

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  1. 1 2 "Luis A. Quintana". City of Newark. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Longtime Newark City Councilman Luis Quintana Slated To Take Over Mayor's Spot". Fox News Latino. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
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  4. Giambusso, David (September 19, 2013). "Luis Quintana voted Newark Council president and possible interim mayor". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
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  9. Sherman, Ted. (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker". The Star-Ledger (nj.com).
  10. "With Booker leaving, who will run Newark?: Council President Luis Quintana expected to act as interim mayor; Booker to be sworn in as U.S. senator Thursday". FIOS1. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  11. Lee, Eunace (October 30, 2013). "See Cory Booker's resignation letter as he bids farewell to Newark City Hall, goes to Washington". The Star-Ledger. nj.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  12. 2013 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed May 13, 2013.
  13. Giambusso, David (October 25, 2013). "Quintana looks like a lock to become interim mayor of Newark". The Star-Ledger. nj.com. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  14. About Mayor Booker Archived July 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , City of Newark. Accessed August 6, 2013.
  15. 1 2 Giambusso, David (June 9, 2013). "Questions, suspicion dominate debate over Booker's replacement in Newark" . Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  16. "Heated Newark council battle has been building for months". The Star-Ledger. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  17. Giambusso, David (November 18, 2012). "Speculation grows over Newark City Council seat held by Payne". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  18. Giambusso, David; and Queally, James. "Citizens rush council members as chaos erupts at Newark City Hall meeting", The Star-Ledger , November 20, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-06. "After weeks of jockeying for Rep. Donald Payne's successor, Booker made an unprecedented personal appearance to cast the deciding vote with his council allies for Shanique Davis Speight, a longtime ally of power broker Stephen Adubato, over the angry objections of residents."
  19. Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (July 5, 2013). "CORY BOOKER ROBERT MARASCO ANIBAL RAMOS JR AUGUSTO AMADOR CARLOS GONZALEZ LUIS QUINTANA SHANIQUE DAVIS SPEIGHT v. RONALD RICE RAS BARAKA MILDRED CRUMP DARRIN SHARIF". DOCKET NO. A–2413–12T4. Find a Law. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  20. Giambusso, David. "Judge rules Cory Booker did not have authority to vote for open Newark council seat", The Star-Ledger , December 11, 2012. Accessed December 12, 2012. "The court had to decide whether Mayor Cory Booker had the power to vote for Shanique Davis Speight, and give her the five votes needed to join the City Council. Carey reversed Booker's vote today, saying the mayor did not have the authority to vote on the issue.... Now the city's legislators are divided, 4-4, and the seat vacated by Donald Payne Jr., the former council president, will probably remain vacant until a special election can be held next year. "
  21. Giambusso, David (September 19, 2013). "Luis Quintana voted Newark Council president and possible interim mayor". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  22. Ted Sherman (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  23. 1 2 Suarez, Monica (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor". NBC Latino. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  24. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey". Census 2010. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  25. Haddon, Heather (November 29, 2013). "Newark Gets Shift in Style Interim Mayor Luis Quintana Goes in Different Directions Than Cory Booker". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  26. Zezima, Katie (December 7, 2013). "Newark's interim mayor is shaking up City Hall". NJ Herald. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  27. Giambusso, David (December 5, 2013). "State warns Newark mayor his staff moves may not fly". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  28. Giambusso, David (December 10, 2013). "N.J. rejects Newark mayor's picks to replace Booker staff". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  29. "State denies Newark hires, announces a new audit of city finances". NJ.com. January 7, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  30. "As Cory Booker Heads For Washington, Newark Council Must Choose Interim Leader Luis Quintana Favorite To Assume Role". CBS Local. October 30, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  31. Bonamo, Mark (December 4, 2013). "Quintana says he's not running in 2014 Newark mayoral election, but leaves door open". Politeckernj. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  32. Giambusso, David (June 2, 2013). "With three major candidates declared, Newark braces for mayoral race". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  33. Giambusso, David (December 8, 2013). "Newark mayoral campaigns heat up on the streets". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 7, 2013. With former Mayor Cory Booker leaving office early to become a U.S. senator, political factions in Newark mobilized much earlier than they would have in a normal campaign.
  34. Pomper, Gerald M. (1988), Voters, Elections, and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory, Transaction Publishers, ISBN   0-88738-160-X
  35. Moszczynski, Joe (September 26, 2010). "N.J. municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
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  37. Milo, Paul (June 20, 2013). "Who Comes Next After Booker at City Hall?". Newark Patch. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  38. Perry, Ravi K.; Gillespie, Andra (2013), "Beyond Booker: Assissing the Prospect of Black and Latino Mayoral Candidates in Newark, New Jersey", 21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities As Universal Interests, Emerald Group Publishing, ISBN   9781781901847
  39. Gillespie, Andra (2012), The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America, New York University Press, ISBN   978-0-8147-3244-1
  40. Giambusso, David (September 22, 2013). "With Newark council president vote, Ras Baraka could win Latino support". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 4, 2013. For Baraka's political opponents it blunts a potential weapon in the mayoral race, as Ramos seeks to become the first Hispanic mayor of Newark."Tonight, the Newark City Council made history with our majority vote of Luis Quintana as council president," Baraka said Wednesday. "Councilman Quintana is well qualified to lead our Council during the coming months of transition in Newark." The Ramos campaign said the move would do little for Baraka. "If this was Ras Baraka's desperate ploy to conceal his history of divisiveness in this city, then it won't work because Newark voters won't be fooled," said Ramos spokesman Bruno Tedeschi. "There is no question that Anibal Ramos is the only uniter in this race who will be a mayor for everyone in Newark."
  41. Wharton, Jonathon L. (2013). A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN   978-1-137-27771-8. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
Luis A. Quintana
39th Mayor of Newark
In office
October 31, 2013 June 30, 2014
Acting: October 31, 2013 – November 4, 2013
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
2013–2014
Succeeded by