Luis Quintana
1994 - Present
2026
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Luis Quintana is an at-large member of the Newark City Council in New Jersey. He assumed office on July 1, 1994. His current term ends on June 30, 2026.
Quintana ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Newark City Council in New Jersey. He won in the general election on May 10, 2022.
Quintana served as the Interim Mayor of Newark from November 4, 2013, to June 30, 2014, following the resignation of former Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who left office on October 31, 2013, to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Newark, New Jersey (2022)
General election
General election for Newark City Council At-large (4 seats)
Incumbent Luis Quintana, incumbent C. Lawrence Crump, Louise Scott-Rountree, and incumbent Carlos Gonzalez won election in the general election for Newark City Council At-large on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Luis Quintana (Nonpartisan) | 27.7 | 13,072 |
| ✔ | C. Lawrence Crump (Nonpartisan) | 25.4 | 11,987 | |
| ✔ | Louise Scott-Rountree (Nonpartisan) | 23.6 | 11,146 | |
| ✔ |  | Carlos Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 10,991 |
| Total votes: 47,196 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Newark City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark City Council At-large on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luis Quintana (Nonpartisan) | 21.5 | 16,934 |
| ✔ |  | Mildred Crump (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 16,694 |
| ✔ | | Carlos Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 13,252 |
| ✔ |  | Eddie Osborne (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 12,003 |
| Bessie Walker (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 5,395 | ||
| Hector Corchado (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 4,375 | ||
 | Dupre Kelly (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 3,551 | |
| Ariagna Perello (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 2,979 | ||
 | Shakima Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 1,914 | |
 | Victor Monterrosa Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 1,303 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 528 | ||
| Total votes: 78,928 | |||
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2014
Elections for the city council of Newark, New Jersey took place on May 12, 2014. Four at-large seats were up for election. Incumbents Carlos M. Gonzalez and Mildred C. Crump faced Louis Shockley, Patrick Council, Juan Arias, Kassimou Dosso, Calvin Wayde Souder, Marques Aquil Lewis, Alturrick Kenney, William Ramos, Wilfredo Caraballo, Carlos Cruz Jimenez, Terrance L. Bankston, Lynda Lloyd, Cesar A. Vizcaino, Luis Quintana, Carlotta Hall and Edward Osborne for the four at-large positions. Crump, Gonzalez, Quintana and Osborne won the four seats.[2][3][4]
| Newark City Council, At-large, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Mildred C. Crump Incumbent |
16.2% | 16,065 | |
| Carlos M. Gonzalez Incumbent |
10.4% | 10,355 | |
| Luis Quintana |
14.3% | 14,223 | |
| Edward Osborne |
10.4% | 10,305 | |
| Louis Shockley | 1.4% | 1,356 | |
| Patrick Council | 9.5% | 9,399 | |
| Juan Arias | 1.5% | 1,482 | |
| Dosso Kassimou | 1.2% | 1,164 | |
| Calvin Wayde Souder | 2% | 1,949 | |
| Marques Aquil Lewis | 1.5% | 1,518 | |
| Alturrick Kenney | 2.2% | 2,219 | |
| William Ramos | 3.7% | 3,705 | |
| Wilfredo Caraballo | 8.8% | 8,736 | |
| Carlos Cruz Jimenez | 1.7% | 1,697 | |
| Terrance L. Bankston | 2.6% | 2,615 | |
| Lynda Lloyd | 8.8% | 8,681 | |
| Cesar A. Vizcaino | 1.4% | 1,392 | |
| Carlotta Hall | 2.2% | 2,222 | |
| Write-in | 0.1% | 97 | |
| Total Votes | 52,304 | ||
| Source: Essex County Clerk's Office - 2014 Election Results | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Luis Quintana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NJ.com, "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker," November 4, 2013
- ↑ City of Newark, "Candidate list" accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ nj.com, "Newark election 2014: Run-off races to be held in Central and West wards," May 13, 2014
- ↑ City of Newark, "Official election results," accessed May 13, 2014
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| Preceded by Cory Booker (D) |
Mayor of Newark 2013-2014 |
Succeeded by Ras Baraka |
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Newark City Council At-large 1994-Present |
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