Newark Mayor Sharpe James wins election for fifth term. (Politics).(Newark, New Jersey)(Brief Article)

From: Jet | Date: June 3, 2002 | Copyright information

Newark, NJ, Mayor Sharpe James recently won an unprecedented fifth term as leader of the skate's largest city.

James fended off a furious challenge from an Ivy Leaguer half his age to win the election after a braising campaign filled with charges of vandalism, voter intimidation and race-baiting.

The 66-year-old mayor defeated 33-year-old freshman city councilman Cory Booker, who is also Black.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, James had 28,36...

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