A big-city Democratic mayor who grabbed national attention last year as he was arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside a federal immigration detention center cruised to re-election on Tuesday.Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, easily topped 50% of the vote in Tuesday's election as he faced off against seven challengers, the Associated Press reports.Since Baraka clinched a majority of the vote as he ran for a fourth term steering New Jersey's largest city, he'll avoid a runoff in November.DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUBWhile Baraka is a Democrat, mayoral e...
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