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Newark City Council · Nov 3, 2026

Tonya Connolly

Candidate for City Council

5 candidates · 3 seats2 sourced positions

Tonya Connolly is running for Newark City Council in the Nov 3, 2026 election; 4 candidates are running for 2 seats.

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Retired City of Newark maintenance superintendent with 11 years of municipal service.

Occupation (from candidate statement)
Retired Maintenance Superintendent

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Where Tonya Connolly stands: positions on the record

Business license tax1 sourced position

  • Wrote in her candidate statement that the business license tax on the next ballot would be passed on to residents and harm the local economy.

    “A tax increase will ultimately be passed on to residents, cost jobs and harm our local economy.”

    Own statementCity of Newark

Streets1 sourced position

  • Lists fixing roads among her campaign priorities in her candidate statement.

    “fix our roads”

    Own statementCity of Newark

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