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LaVita Johnson
LaVita Johnson ran for election to the Newark City Council to represent West Ward in New Jersey. Johnson lost in the general election on May 10, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Newark, New Jersey (2022)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Newark City Council West Ward
Dupre Kelly defeated Chigozie U. Onyema in the general runoff election for Newark City Council West Ward on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dupre Kelly (Nonpartisan) | 58.7 | 1,973 |
| Chigozie U. Onyema (Nonpartisan) | 41.3 | 1,391 | ||
| Total votes: 3,364 | |||
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General election
General election for Newark City Council West Ward
The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark City Council West Ward on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dupre Kelly (Nonpartisan) | 38.0 | 1,489 |
| ✔ | Chigozie U. Onyema (Nonpartisan) | 29.0 | 1,137 | |
| Oscar S. James II (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 510 | ||
| LaVita Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 380 | ||
| Lyndon F. Brown (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 313 | ||
 | Michelle Middleton (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 90 | |
| Total votes: 3,919 | |||
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2018
General runoff election
General runoff election for Newark City Council West Ward
Incumbent Joseph McCallum defeated Tomecca Mecca Keyes in the general runoff election for Newark City Council West Ward on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph McCallum (Nonpartisan) | 56.0 | 1,378 |
 | Tomecca Mecca Keyes (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 1,079 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 2,461 | |||
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General election
General election for Newark City Council West Ward
The following candidates ran in the general election for Newark City Council West Ward on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph McCallum (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 1,283 |
| ✔ | | Tomecca Mecca Keyes (Nonpartisan) | 28.1 | 1,172 |
| LaVita Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 18.7 | 777 | ||
| Marcellus Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 346 | ||
| Dereck Dillard (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 270 | ||
| Artice Norvell (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 221 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 95 | ||
| Total votes: 4,164 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
LaVita Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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