Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Newark Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2020)
 |
U.S. Senate • U.S. House • Special state legislative • Local judges • State ballot measures • Local ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • How to run for office |
 |
2021 →
← 2019 |
|---|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Enrollment ('17-'18) |
|
|
Three seats on the Newark Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for general election on May 12, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was March 2, 2020.
This election was originally scheduled for April 21, 2020, but was rescheduled and changed to a mail-in ballot election due to Covid-19. Click here for more information.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
New Jersey modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in were ballots sent to all registered voters in the general election.
- Candidate filing procedures: Candidates were allowed to collect and submit petition signatures via electronic means. The petition deadline for unaffiliated candidates for non-presidential office was postponed to July 7, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Elections
Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics.
Candidates and results
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 May 12, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josephine Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 27.7 | 5,877 |
| ✔ |  | Flohisha Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 26.1 | 5,542 |
| ✔ |  | Hasani Council (Nonpartisan) | 25.1 | 5,323 |
 | Sheila Montague (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 1,981 | |
| Phillip Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 1,206 | ||
 | Ronnie Kellam (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 965 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 314 | ||
| Total votes: 21,208 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2020
What was at stake?
Report a story for this election
Ballotpedia researches issues in school board elections across the United States, but information availability is a challenge for us in many school districts. Please contact us about the issues that impact your local school district. Note that not all submissions may meet Ballotpedia's coverage requirements for inclusion.
Candidate survey
|
|
Ballotpedia invites school board candidates to participate in its annual survey. |
About the district
- See also: Newark Public Schools, New Jersey
Newark Public Schools is located in Essex County, New Jersey. The district served 35,713 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 21 New Jersey counties—9.5 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Gloucester County, New Jersey | 0.48% | 10.77% | 12.16% | ||||
| Salem County, New Jersey | 15.00% | 1.31% | 3.92% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Jersey with 55.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 41.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic 46.67 percent of the time and Republican 53.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic all five times.
See also
| Newark Public Schools | New Jersey | School Boards |
|---|---|---|
 |
 |
|
|
External links
Footnotes
 |
State of New Jersey Trenton (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
