Luis A. Quintana
| Luis A. Quintana | |
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| Member of Municipal Council, At-Large | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| 37th Mayor of Newark | |
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In office November 4, 2013 – July 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Cory Booker |
| Succeeded by | Ras Baraka |
| Member of Municipal Council, At-Large | |
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In office 1994 – 2013 (resigned) |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 29, 1960 Añasco, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Newark, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Seton Hall University |
Luis A. Quintana (born January 29, 1960) is an American politician who is Councilmember-at-Large of the Municipal Council of Newark, New Jersey, first elected in 1994. He served as Mayor of Newark from November 2013-June 2014, after which he was re-elected to his council seat.
Quintana was born in Añasco, Puerto Rico. In 1967, at the age of eight, he and his family moved to Newark, where he later graduated from Barringer High School. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Seton Hall University.
Quintana become Councilman-at-Large of the Municipal Council of Newark in 1994. In 1986 became deputy mayor under Sharpe James. He became council president in September 2013. Quintana ran unsuccessfully in the 2003 primary and 2007 election for New Jersey State Senator for the 29th Legislative District, which was won by Teresa Ruiz.
Quintana was re-elected in May 2014.
After having won the October 16 special election for U.S. Senator to replace the late Frank Lautenberg, Cory Booker resigned as mayor and was sworn in on October 31, 2013 as the junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
While rules state that any Newark resident can be selected as interim mayor by a vote of the municipal council, normally its president ascends to the post. The resignation of Donald Payne Jr. in November 2012 left the position vacant and the council with eight instead of nine members. Payne's resignation led to a power struggle for the vacant council seat, with opponents contesting Booker's appointment and an eventual judicial rulings which would leave it vacant until November 2013 special election. Quintana is the longest serving councilman and has allies on both sides of the political divide, which tends to fall along racial lines.
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