Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2019)
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Five seats on the Jersey City Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for general election on November 5, 2019. Three seats were up for regular election and two seats were up for special election to one-year terms. The filing deadline for this election was July 29, 2019. A filing deadline for the special election seats was set for September 3, 2019.[1]
Incumbent Gerald Lyons and challengers Noemi Velazquez and Alexander Hamilton won election to 3-year terms on the Jersey City Public Schools school board. Incumbents Gina Verdibello and LeKendrick Shaw won re-election to 1-year terms on the school board.
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3-year terms
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 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gerald Lyons (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 11,150 |
| ✔ | Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 9,813 | |
| ✔ | Alexander Hamilton (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 9,805 | |
| Tara Stafford (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 8,640 | ||
| Darwin Ona (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 8,331 | ||
 | Sudhan Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 8,245 | |
| Asheenia Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 8,005 | ||
Neisha Louhar (Nonpartisan)  | 3.2 | 2,088 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 120 | ||
| Total votes: 66,197 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Reginald Jones (Nonpartisan)
1-year term
General election
Special general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
Incumbent Gina Verdibello and incumbent LeKendrick Shaw defeated Anthony Sharperson, David Czehut, and Sonia Cintron in the special general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gina Verdibello (Nonpartisan) | 31.4 | 11,615 |
| ✔ | LeKendrick Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 24.5 | 9,041 | |
| Anthony Sharperson (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 6,169 | ||
| David Czehut (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 5,321 | ||
| Sonia Cintron (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 4,768 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 60 | ||
| Total votes: 36,974 | |||
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- See also: New Jersey elections, 2019
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About the district
- See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey
Jersey City Public Schools is located in Hudson County, New Jersey. The district served 29,659 students during the 2016-2017 school year.[2]
State profile
- See also: New Jersey and New Jersey elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019
Presidential voting pattern
- New Jersey voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. senators from New Jersey were Democrats.
- Eleven of New Jersey's 12 U.S. representatives were Democrats and one was a Republican.
State executives
- Democrats held four of New Jersey's 11 state executive offices. The other seven offices were nonpartisan.
- New Jersey's governor was Democrat Phil Murphy.
State legislature
- Democrats controlled the New Jersey State Senate with a 26-14 majority.
- Democrats controlled the New Jersey General Assembly with a 54-26 majority.
New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
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| Demographic data for New Jersey | ||
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| New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 8,935,421 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 7,354 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 68.3% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 13.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 9% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.5% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 19% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 88.6% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 36.8% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $72,093 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 12.7% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New Jersey. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 21 New Jersey counties—9.5 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Gloucester County, New Jersey | 0.48% | 10.77% | 12.16% | ||||
| Salem County, New Jersey | 15.00% | 1.31% | 3.92% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Jersey with 55.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 41.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic 46.67 percent of the time and Republican 53.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic all five times.
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