Background
Rice was born and raised in Newark and is son of Ronald L. Rice.
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Ronald Rice
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He chose not torun for re-election in the 2014 municipal election. In 1986, he graduated from the Pingry School.
Career
He represents the West Ward, comprising the neighborhoods of Vailsburg, Ivy Hill, West Side, Fairmount and Roseville. He received his Bachelor at American University and his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law. Rice first ran for Municipal Council in 2002, and election documented in the film Street Fight.
Councilman Rice announced on March 15, 2012 that he would run as a candidate in the June 5, 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne, the former United States. Representative for New Jersey"s 10th congressional district.
Also competing for that nomination were Dennis R. Flynn of Glen Ridge, state Senator Nia Gill, Newark Councilman Donald Payne Junior. (son of the congressman), Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith, and Cathy Wright of Newark.
Rice received 19 percent, Gill 17 percent, and Smith, Flynn and Wright combined for about 5 percent of the vote.
Achievements
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In 2006, Ron won the race for West Ward Councilman and was sworn into office with newly elected Mayor Cory A. Booker on July 1, 2006. The Democratic primary victor was heavily favored to win the special election, which would allow the winner to represent the current 10th Congressional District from November 6, 2012 – January 3, 2013. As well as the general election, whose winner will serve the new 10th Congressional District for the two-year term from January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015. Payne won in a landslide, garnering 60 percent of the vote.
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