Juan Rivera Jr.

Juan Rivera Jr.

Democratic Party

Essex County Register

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

6

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Juan Rivera Jr. (Democratic Party) is the Essex County Register in New Jersey. He assumed office on January 1, 2020. His current term ends on January 1, 2030.

Rivera (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Essex County Register in New Jersey. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2024)

General election

General election for Essex County Register

Incumbent Juan Rivera Jr. defeated Jeffrey Polewka in the general election for Essex County Register on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Juan Rivera Jr. (D)	73.6	212,568
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Polewka (R)	26.4	76,072

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 288,640
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Essex County Register

Incumbent Juan Rivera Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Juan Rivera Jr.	100.0	45,915

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,915
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Essex County Register

Jeffrey Polewka defeated Scott Pollack in the Republican primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jeffrey Polewka	73.0	5,887
	Submit photo	Scott Pollack	27.0	2,177

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,064
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rivera in this election.

2019

See also: Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2019)

General election

General election for Essex County Register

Juan Rivera Jr. defeated Kristina Christoforou and Joanne Miller in the general election for Essex County Register on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Juan Rivera Jr. (D)	75.1	58,640
	Submit photo	Kristina Christoforou (R)	21.0	16,378
	Submit photo	Joanne Miller (Independent)	3.9	3,030
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	78

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,126
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Essex County Register

Juan Rivera Jr. defeated Carol Clark in the Democratic primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Juan Rivera Jr.	67.6	15,909
	Submit photo	Carol Clark	32.3	7,591
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	21

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,521
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Essex County Register

Kristina Christoforou advanced from the Republican primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristina Christoforou	99.4	3,217
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	20

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,237
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Juan Rivera Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Juan Rivera Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

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