Dawn Haynes

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Dawn Haynes

Nonpartisan

Newark Public Schools Board of Education

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

7

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

April 16, 2024

Education

High school

Malcolm X Shabazz High School

Associate

Lincoln Technical Institute

Dawn Haynes is an at-large member of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends in 2027.

Haynes ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She won in the general election on April 16, 2024.

Biography

Haynes' professional experience includes working as a technician for Direct TV. She served in the U.S. Air Force and was an ROTC member. She has volunteered with the Newark Anti Violence Coalition and as the PTO president of Harriet Tubman Elementary School.

Haynes graduated from Lincoln Technical Institute and Malcolm X Shabazz High School.

Elections

2024

See also: Newark Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2024)

General election

General election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education on April 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Helena Vinhas (Nonpartisan)	22.1	2,874
✔		Vereliz Santana (Nonpartisan)	22.1	2,870
✔		Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan)	20.9	2,719
	Submit photo	Debra Salters (Nonpartisan)	11.1	1,448
		Sheila Montague (Nonpartisan)	8.4	1,091
	Submit photo	Latoya Jackson (Nonpartisan)	6.3	819
	Submit photo	Muta El-Amin (Nonpartisan)	3.2	421
		Che' J.T. Colter (Nonpartisan)	3.0	394
		Jimmie White (Nonpartisan)	2.8	366

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,002
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Haynes in this election.

2021

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

General election

General election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education on April 20, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan)	29.9	3,617
✔	Submit photo	Asia Norton (Nonpartisan)	28.2	3,411
✔		Vereliz Santana (Nonpartisan)	27.4	3,311
		Yolanda Johnson (Nonpartisan)	5.6	676
	Submit photo	Nadirah Brown (Nonpartisan)	4.8	577
	Submit photo	Phillip Wilson (Nonpartisan)	4.1	500

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,092
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2018

General election

General election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education on April 17, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan)	26.9	5,289
✔	Submit photo	Asia Norton (Nonpartisan)	21.4	4,199
✔	Submit photo	Yambeli Gomez (Nonpartisan)	19.2	3,770
		Jameel Ibrahim (Nonpartisan)	5.3	1,038
		Che' J.T. Colter (Nonpartisan)	5.2	1,022
		Denise Cole (Nonpartisan)	5.1	1,010
	Submit photo	Omayra Molina (Nonpartisan)	4.6	895
		Yolanda Johnson (Nonpartisan)	3.8	749
	Submit photo	Marcus Allen (Nonpartisan)	2.7	531
	Submit photo	Khalil Hannah (Nonpartisan)	2.0	393
	Submit photo	Johnnie Lattner (Nonpartisan)	1.9	380
	Submit photo	Robert House (Nonpartisan)	1.1	207
		Barbara Anne Todish (Nonpartisan)	0.7	142
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	31

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,656
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dawn Haynes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Dawn Haynes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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