Afaf Muhammad

Afaf Muhammad

Nonpartisan

Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Afaf Muhammad is an at-large member of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She assumed office on January 5, 2023.

Muhammad ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2025)

General election

General election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan)	17.2	19,127
✔		Lorenzo Richardson (Nonpartisan)	15.6	17,396
✔		Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan)	15.4	17,141
		Aimee Sharrock (Nonpartisan)	14.5	16,144
	Submit photo	Brendan Doohan (Nonpartisan)	14.4	16,068
	Submit photo	Christopher Tisdale (Nonpartisan)	14.3	15,953
	Submit photo	Sumit Salia (Nonpartisan)	7.8	8,686
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	893

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 111,408
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2022

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan)	19.7	17,539
✔	Submit photo	Christopher Tisdale (Nonpartisan)	17.3	15,438
✔		Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan)	16.4	14,559
	Submit photo	Alexander Hamilton (Nonpartisan)	13.5	12,039
	Submit photo	Doris Ervin (Nonpartisan)	12.6	11,253
	Submit photo	Kenny Reyes (Nonpartisan)	12.1	10,757
	Submit photo	Isnel Sanon (Nonpartisan)	5.0	4,408
	Submit photo	Ashan Nawaz (Nonpartisan)	3.0	2,681
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	337

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,011
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2021

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2021)

General election

General election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paula Jones-Watson (Nonpartisan)	23.6	17,515
✔	Submit photo	Younass Mohamed Barkouch (Nonpartisan)	19.8	14,654
✔		Natalia Ioffe (Nonpartisan)	19.5	14,476
	Submit photo	Erika Baez (Nonpartisan)	9.9	7,327
	Submit photo	Doris Ervin (Nonpartisan)	8.9	6,606
	Submit photo	Thyson Halley (Nonpartisan)	8.3	6,178
	Submit photo	Vishesh Modi (Nonpartisan)	5.0	3,730
		Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan)	4.6	3,430
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	193

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,109
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Asad Dar (Nonpartisan)

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Afaf Muhammad did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Afaf Muhammad did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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