Five democrats vying for New Jersey governor clash over plans to take on high property taxes and rising expenses — while handling transportation crises and federal cuts under President Trump.

The USA TODAY Network New Jersey surveyed nine of the candidates on topics ranging from transit to taxes, affordability and the environment to give residents a frame of reference on where the potential nominees from each party stand.

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected

Newark Mayor, and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate, Ras Baraka, was arrested at an ICE detention facility for alleged trespassing. According to Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey,