2010 Newark mayoral election

The 2010 election for Mayor of Newark took place in Newark, the most populous city in the state of New Jersey, on May 11, 2010. Elections for all seats on the nine member Municipal Council of Newark were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place. Elections in the city are non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor Cory 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 the October 16 special election for U.S. senator, Booker resigned as mayor and was sworn in on October 31 as the junior U.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 a campaign to participate in 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Results

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.

Newark mayoral election, 2010^[4]
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

^ "2010 Non-Partisan Municipal Election". Essex County Clerk's Office. April 15, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
^ 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.
^ Haddon, Heather (November 30, 2013). "With Interim Mayor, Newark Gets Shift in Style From Cory Booker - WSJ". Wall Street Journal.
^ "2010 Unofficial Election Results". City of Newark. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010.