Elections for all seats on the nine member Municipal Council of Newark were held the same day.

Ronald L. Rice, State Senator since 1986 for 28th Legislative District, and Municipal Council member Cory Booker were the main candidates in the field of four.

[3][4][5][6] On March 27, 2006, James announced that he would not seek a sixth term, preferring to focus on his seat in the New Jersey Senate.

[9] He ran and lost in the 2002 mayoral election, his campaign for which is the subject of the 2005 documentary Street Fight.

[11] In 2020, Booker went on to run for president, ultimately losing the race for the Democratic nomination to Joe Biden.