Plainfield mayoral challenger looks to debate Mapp MyCentralJersey.com PLAINFIELD - Native son Richard Wyatt Jr., a two term Board of Education member, is looking to challenge Mayor Adrian Mapp in the June Democratic mayoral primary. Wyatt, who announced his candidacy for mayor last November, held his first virtual news conference Monday evening and shared his plan for the city's future. Wyatt said he's devoted his life to helping others and making the city he loves better. While once Plainfield, which is nicknamed the Queen City, was known as a community of prestige, he said now people associate the city with crime, lack of services and the inability to offer opportunities.