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Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2017)
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| 2017 Essex County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: April 3, 2017 |
| Primary election: June 6, 2017 General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Board of chosen freeholders |
| Total seats up: 9 |
| Election type: Partisan |
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Essex County, New Jersey, held a general election for all nine seats on the board of chosen freeholders on November 7, 2017. A primary was held on June 6, 2017, and the candidate filing deadline was April 3, 2017.[1]
Incumbents won re-election to the four at-large seats on the board, as well as the District 2, District 3, and District 4 seats. Bloomfield City Councilman Carlos Pomares (D) won the open District 5 seat unopposed, and Democratic candidate Robert Mercado defeated Republican contender Karina Garces in the open District 1 race. District 1 Freeholder Rolando Bobadilla and District 5 Freeholder Cynthia Toro opted not to run for re-election in 2017.
Democrats held all nine seats on the board of chosen freeholders heading into the 2017 election and emerged from the election with all nine. Click here for more on the partisan composition of the board.
Elections
General election
At-large
All four at-large seats on the board of chosen freeholders were up for election in 2017.[2]
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☑ Brendan Gill (i) |
☐ Che Colter |
District 1
Incumbent Rolando Bobadilla opted not to run for re-election in 2017.[3]
District 2
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☑ Wayne Richardson (i) |
District 3
☑ Britnee Timberlake (i) 
District 4
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☑ Leonard Luciano (i) |
District 5
Incumbent Cynthia Toro opted not to run for re-election in 2017.[3]
☑ Carlos Pomares
Primary election
At large
All four at large seats on the board of chosen freeholders were up for election in 2017.[4]
Democratic primary☑ Brendan Gill (i) |
Republican primary☑ Che Colter |
District 1
Incumbent Rolando Bobadilla opted not to run for re-election in 2017.[3]
Democratic primary |
Republican primary |
District 2
Democratic primary☑ Wayne Richardson (i) |
Republican primary |
District 3
Democratic primary
☑ Britnee Timberlake (i)
District 4
Democratic primary☑ Leonard Luciano (i) |
Republican primary |
District 5
Incumbent Cynthia Toro opted not to run for re-election in 2017.[3]
Democratic primary
Campaign finance
As of October 23, 2017, Brendan Gill was the only candidate who had reported campaign finance activity for the general election. According to filings available via the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, he reported $67,250 in total contributions.
Eight candidates reported campaign finance activity for the primary election. The table below presents the primary election campaign finance information available as of October 23, 2017. The figures are presented as reported by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Additional elections
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2017
The election for board of chosen freeholders shared the ballot with a statewide public library bond measure and a statewide natural resources ballot measure, as well as elections for governor and lieutenant governor of New Jersey, New Jersey State Senate, and New Jersey General Assembly.[5]
Issues
Party composition
Democrats held all nine seats on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders in the lead up to the 2017 election. They were guaranteed to keep at least two of those seats, as Democratic District 3 Freeholder Britnee Timberlake and Democratic District 5 candidate Carlos Pomares were unopposed in the general election. They also held the other seven seats, with wins in the four at-large races and the remaining district elections.
| Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, October 2017 | ||
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| Position | Officeholder | Partisan affiliation |
| District 1 | Rolando Bobadilla | Democratic
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| District 2 | Wayne Richardson | Democratic
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| District 3 | Britnee Timberlake | Democratic
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| District 4 | Leonard Luciano | Democratic
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| District 5 | Cynthia Toro | Democratic
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| At-large | Brendan Gill | Democratic
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| At-large | Rufus Johnson | Democratic
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| At-large | Lebby Jones | Democratic
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| At-large | Patricia Sebold | Democratic
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Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Essex County Board of Elections, "2017 Important Election Dates," accessed July 19, 2017
- ↑ The Essex County Clerk's Office, "2017 Primary Election," June 15, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Observer, "Essex Freeholder Toro Will Not Pursue Re-Election," April 3, 2017
- ↑ The Essex County Clerk's Office, "2017 Primary Election," June 15, 2017
- ↑ Essex County Clerk, "Official General Election," accessed October 23, 2017
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