Lorenzo Richardson
Lorenzo Richardson is running for election for an at-large seat of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Richardson declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 4, 2025.[source]
Richardson was an at-large member of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Richardson assumed office in 2014. Richardson left office on January 5, 2024.
Biography
Lorenzo Richardson's professional experience includes working as an accountant. Richardson has also served as a youth mentor. He earned his master's and bachelor's degrees in accounting from Saint Peter's University.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates are running in the general election for Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Christopher Tisdale (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Brendan Doohan (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Lorenzo Richardson (Nonpartisan) | |
| Sumit Salia (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Aimee Sharrock (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2023)
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 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alpa B. Patel (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 6,314 | |
| ✔ | George Blount (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 6,160 | |
| ✔ |  | Dejon Morris (Nonpartisan) | 13.3 | 5,698 |
| Lorenzo Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 5,395 | |
 | Gina Verdibello (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 5,123 | |
| Monique Andrews (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 4,810 | ||
| Sumit Salia (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 4,360 | ||
| Renes Cruz (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 2,622 | ||
| Janette Scafidi (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 1,732 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 521 | ||
| Total votes: 42,735 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andres Berrio (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2020)
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 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorenzo Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 39,147 |
| ✔ | | Gina Verdibello (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 37,210 |
| ✔ | LeKendrick Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 33,960 | |
| Asheenia Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 26,790 | ||
| Sonia Cintron (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 25,244 | ||
| Karen Poliski (Nonpartisan) | 11.9 | 22,030 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 188 | ||
| Total votes: 184,569 | |||
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2017
In the first election following the return of local control to the district, four of the nine seats on the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular three-year terms and one seat was up for a one-year unexpired term after former board member John Reichart resigned from the board.
Board members Amy DeGise and Lorenzo Richardson won additional three-year terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Matthew Schapiro. They defeated incumbent Gerald Lyons and challenger Yousef Saleh. Mussab Ali took the one-year term, defeating David Miranda.[2]
Results
| Jersey City Public Schools, At-large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amy DeGise Incumbent |
31.65% | 19,125 |
| Matthew Schapiro |
18.89% | 11,419 |
| Lorenzo Richardson Incumbent |
18.49% | 11,173 |
| Yousef Saleh | 15.61% | 9,433 |
| Gerald Lyons Incumbent | 15.25% | 9,216 |
| Write-in votes | 0.12% | 70 |
| Total Votes | 60,436 | |
| Source: Hudson County Clerk's Office, "General Election 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Richardson did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 23, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[3]
Endorsements
Richardson received an official endorsement from the Jersey City Education Association.[4]
2014
Three seats on the Jersey City Board of Education were up for election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Carol Harrison-Arnold and Bertram C. Okpokwasili sought re-election. Harrison-Arnold and Okpokwasili were joined on the ballot by former school board member Gerald Lyons and 2013 candidates Lorenzo Richardson and Gina Verdibello. Newcomer candidates included Dominique D. Lee, Monica Kress, Michael Reilly, and Joel Torres.[5] Harrison-Arnold, Okpokwasili, and Kress ran as a slate under the committee called Parents for Excellence, while Richardson, Verdibello, and Lyons ran as a slate under the committee The Children First Team.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lorenzo Richardson |
22.1% | 12,472 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Torres |
19.2% | 10,854 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerald Lyons |
16.9% | 9,568 | |
| Nonpartisan | Monica Kress | 11.3% | 6,383 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol Harrison-Arnold Incumbent | 10.9% | 6,133 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bertram C. Okpokwasili Incumbent | 10.7% | 6,034 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gina Verdibello | 5.3% | 2,999 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Reilly | 3.5% | 1,988 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 88 | |
| Total Votes | 56,519 | |||
| Source: Hudson County Clerk, "General Election November 4, 2014, Official Results," November 17, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Richardson ran as part of The Children First Team. The committee reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 15, 2014.[6]
Endorsements
Richardson was endorsed by the Jersey City Education Association and its president, Ron Greco.[7]
2013
Richardson and ten other candidates challenged incumbent Gerald Lyons for one of three at-large seats with three-year terms in the general election on November 5, 2013. Richardson was a member of the Children First slate of candidates, which included Lyons and Gina Verdibello for the three-year term seats and Angel Valentin for the one-year term seat. A separate slate of candidates endorsed by Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop campaigned under the name Candidates for Excellence, which included Micheline Amy, Jessica Daye, and Ellen Simon for the three-year term seats and Carol Lester for the one-year term seat.[8]
Results
| Jersey City Public Schools, At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jessica Daye |
21.1% | 9,351 | |
| Nonpartisan | Micheline Amy |
17.7% | 7,879 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ellen Simon |
10.6% | 4,702 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lorenzo Richardson | 10.2% | 4,511 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerald Lyons Incumbent | 8.9% | 3,950 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gina Verdibello | 7.6% | 3,383 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kevaan G. Walton | 6.2% | 2,770 | |
| Nonpartisan | Denise Davis | 4.8% | 2,137 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dejon Morris | 4.3% | 1,914 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carol L. Gabriel | 2.7% | 1,214 | |
| Nonpartisan | Josephine Paige | 2.2% | 982 | |
| Nonpartisan | Susan Harbace | 2.2% | 961 | |
| Nonpartisan | Telissa E. Dowling | 1.4% | 608 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 44 | |
| Total Votes | 44,406 | |||
| Source: Hudson County Clerk, "Official Election Results," November 14, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Richardson reported $8,200.00 in contributions and $8,200.00 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which left his campaign with no cash on hand in the election.[9]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Richardson in the election.
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2020
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2014
Richardson posted the following video of public comments he made at a March 20, 2014, board meeting to his Facebook campaign page:
Lorenzo Richardson speaking at the meeting March 20, 2014, board of education meeting.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jersey City Public Schools, "Jersey City Board of Education's Board Members," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Hilda Rosario, Hudson County Supervisor of Elections," August 7, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 23, 2017
- ↑ Jersey City Education Association, "Board of Education Endorsement," August 12, 2017
- ↑ Hudson County Clerk's Office, "Official Master List General Election School Board Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 15, 2014
- ↑ Hudson County View, "Jersey City Education Association endorses three for board of education," September 17, 2014
- ↑ Terrence McDonald, The Jersey Journal, "Fans, critics of Jersey City schools chief to face off in school board race," October 30, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Standard Search," accessed December 20, 2013
