[1][2][3] A former assistant state Attorney General, he was a candidate in the 2014 election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey,[4] after which he became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014.
After law school, Jeffries clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Jeffries has been an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School since 2004.
[13] Other potential candidates, Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif,[19][15] [20] had earlier dropped out of the race.
He has also been endorsed by the Teamsters,[25] State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin.
[28] Jeffries conceded the race to Baraka at the Golden Dome Athletic Center on election night.
[31] This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was muted in her criticism of Trump until several days after Jeffries' resignation.
[32][33] The resignation of Jeffries came before Dan Loeb, Success Academy board chair and wealthy hedge fund executive made racial remarks about State Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Loeb's statement was the black lawmaker "did more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.