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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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  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."
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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
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