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Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2021)
- Election date: 11/2/21
- Registration deadline(s): 10/12/2021[1]
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Early voting: 10/23-10/31/21
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Post office receipt or in-person submission: 11/2/21
- Voter ID: No
- Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Paula Jones-Watson, Younass Mohamed Barkouch, and Natalia Ioffe won election to the Jersey City Public Schools school board in New Jersey on November 2, 2021. They ran on the Education Matters slate with an endorsement from the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), meaning NJEA-backed candidates maintained a 7-2 majority on the board.
All nine members of the board are elected at large (citywide). Nine candidates ran for three seats, which were open as all three incumbents chose not to seek re-election.
Erika Baez, Doris Ervin, and Thyson Halley ran on the Change for Children slate. In previous elections, Change for Children slates were backed by the LeFrak Organization, a developer, and were critical of deficits and tax increases.[2][3] Vishesh Modi ran under the slogan Education Skills Matter. Asad Dar and Afaf Muhammad chose to run without slogans.[3]
The three incumbents who didn't seek re-election—Mussab Ali, Marilyn Roman, and Joan Terrell-Paige—were last elected in 2018 on the Education Matters slate.[4]
In 2020, the Education Matters slate won all three seats up for election. In 2019, the Education Matters slate won three seats and two members of the Change for Children slate won the other two up for election.[5]
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Candidates and results
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 | ||
| ✔ | Paula Jones-Watson (Nonpartisan) | 23.6 | 17,515 | |
| ✔ | Younass Mohamed Barkouch (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 14,654 | |
| ✔ |  | Natalia Ioffe (Nonpartisan) | 19.5 | 14,476 |
| Erika Baez (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 7,327 | ||
| Doris Ervin (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 6,606 | ||
| Thyson Halley (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 6,178 | ||
| Vishesh Modi (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 3,730 | ||
| Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 3,430 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 193 | ||
| Total votes: 74,109 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Asad Dar (Nonpartisan)
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2021
April 20, 2021
June 8, 2021
- New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021
- New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
- Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2021)
- Municipal elections in Hudson County, New Jersey (2021)
November 2, 2021
- New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021
- New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
- New Jersey Public Question 1, Sports Betting on State College Athletics Amendment (2021)
- New Jersey Public Question 2, Raffle Money for Organizations Amendment (2021)
- Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2021)
- Municipal elections in Hudson County, New Jersey (2021)
- City elections in Jersey City, New Jersey (2021)
- Mayoral election in Jersey City, New Jersey (2021)
December 7, 2021
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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 30,063 students during the 2015-2016 school year.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "2021 General Election Timeline," accessed July 26, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Jersey City elections a battle between corporate and labor behemoths," October 10, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jersey City Times, "Nine Candidates Vie for Three School Board Seats," August 25, 2021
- ↑ Jersey City Ed, "Candidates for the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOE) – Election Day 2018," accessed October 5, 2021
- ↑ Hudson County View, "Jersey City BOE race ends with a 3-2 split ticket, Velazquez and Hamilton elected to board," November 5, 2019
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed January 29, 2018
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