The 2010 election for

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took place in

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, the most populous city in the state of New Jersey, on May 11, 2010. Elections for all seats on the nine member

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were held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place. Elections in the city are

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and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor

Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. se ...

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. Luis A. Quintana, long-term member of the Municipal Council, replaced him as interim mayor. In 2019, he mounted a

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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.

References

External links

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