Sheila Montague says Newark is long overdue for a woman mayor, but getting on the ballot as an alternative to Mayor Ras Baraka was a victory in itself.
Newark resident Dominick Tortorello, a more casual observer, didn’t even know she was running.
So Tuesday promises to be a challenge for Montague, a 49-year-old education consultant and mother of three whose electoral experience includes six unsuccessful school board races.But whatever the outcome of this Tuesday’s race may be, Montague said her mayoral bid has already been a success. Among the eight initial mayoral hopefuls who took out nominating petitions from the city clerk’s office, Montague was the only one besides the Baraka campaign to collect the minimum of 1,644 valid signatures required to be on the ballot.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is seeking a third 4-year term as mayor. He made his 8th State of the City address at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on March 15.Montague lamented the lack of even a single mayoral debate hosted by local civic groups, civil rights organizations, reflecting what she believes is a reluctance even among independent institutions to challenge Baraka’s local hegemony.
“We’ve been making strides all over the nation having women do that, and I think in a place where we don’t have a lot of strong women leadership by young girls — and I’ve been a teacher all my life,” said Montague, who founded a non-profit organization known as, which distributes clothing and other essentials to families that need them.
“She’s got a right to run. Everybody’s got a right to run,” he said. “I just think people ought to have plans. What they’re going to do, what they want to do. What’s going to happen as a result. I can list 5,000 things myself that I think’s wrong that need to be fixed now that I wish I could do today.”
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