What is Sharpe James?
'''Sharpe James''' (born February 20, 1936) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. James was born in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. He was [[New Jersey Senate|State Senator]] for the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting#District 29|29th Legislative District]] and was 35th [[List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey|Mayor]] of [[Newark, New Jersey]]. James was the second [[African American]] Mayor of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. From June 1999 until July 2006, James was Mayor of Newark and [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting#District 29|New Jersey State Senator]] at the same time. His final reelection campaign, against then-Councilman [[Cory Booker]] in 2002, was documented in the 2005 feature movie ''[[Street Fight (movie)|Street Fight]]''. On April 16, 2008, James was convicted of five counts of fraud by a federal jury and was sentenced to 27 months in prison.<ref name=sentenced> {{Citation | last = Martin | first = John | title = Ex-Newark Mayor Sharpe James sentenced to 27 months | newspaper = [[The Star-Ledger]] | date = July 29, 2008 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/former_newark_mayor_sharpe_jam_4.html | access-date = March 25, 2013}} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Sharpe}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mayors of Newark, New Jersey]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:American fraudsters]] [[Category:Politicians from Jacksonville, Florida]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:African-American politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}