Kanileah Anderson

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Kanileah Anderson

Nonpartisan

Newark Public Schools Board of Education

Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

1

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Last elected

April 15, 2025

Appointed

January 23, 2024

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Kanileah Anderson is an at-large member of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She assumed office on January 25, 2024. Her current term ends in 2028.

Anderson 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 15, 2025.

Elections

2025

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

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 15, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kanileah Anderson (Nonpartisan)	21.9	2,915
✔		David Daughety (Nonpartisan)	18.8	2,499
✔		Louis Maisonave Jr. (Nonpartisan)	18.4	2,442
		Ade’Kamil Kelly (Nonpartisan)	8.1	1,082
	Submit photo	Nathanael Barthelemy (Nonpartisan)	6.7	886
	Submit photo	Shana Melius (Nonpartisan)	6.6	879
		Yolanda Johnson (Nonpartisan)	5.3	710
	Submit photo	Latoya Jackson (Nonpartisan)	5.1	680
	Submit photo	Elaine Asyah Aquil (Nonpartisan)	4.4	587
	Submit photo	Jordy Nivar (Nonpartisan)	3.0	401
	Submit photo	DeWayne Bush (Nonpartisan)	1.5	200

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,281
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Endorsements

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2024

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

General election

Special general election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education

Incumbent Kanileah Anderson won election in the special general election for Newark Public Schools Board of Education on April 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kanileah Anderson (Nonpartisan)	100.0	3,332

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,332
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Endorsements

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2025

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2024

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