NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka believes it is time for him to make the move from the mayor's office to the governor's office.

"Being in charge of Newark for over a decade, you can see a lot of things we've been able to accomplish, but not for as many people as we wanted to accomplish it for," Baraka said. "I think in the governor's office, you can do a lot more for people across the state of New Jersey who witnessed in our party the same issues that we have from housing to violence to Medicaid to Medicare to health care."

In his 11 years as mayor of Newark, the city has seen a tremendous growth spurt - the city skyline is etched with new businesses that moved in and new partnerships have brought more jobs.

"We've reduced crime, we've changed the lead service lines

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