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Newark Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2024)

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Newark Public Schools elections
General election date
April 16, 2024
Enrollment ('22-'23)
41,672 students

Three seats on the Newark Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for general election and one seat was up for special election on April 16, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was February 26, 2024.

In the regular general elections, nine candidates ran for three seats. Incumbents Dawn Haynes, Vereliz Santana, and Helena Vinhas ran as the “Moving Newark Schools Forward” slate. Haynes and Santana ran as part of the “Moving Newark Schools Forward” slate in 2021 and 2018.[1]

Che' J.T. Colter and Muta El-Amin ran as the “It Takes a Village” slate.[1]

Latoya Jackson, Sheila Montague, Debra Salters, and Jimmie White also ran.

Between 2016 and 2023, candidates running as the “Moving Newark Schools Forward” slate have won all elections to the board. In 2022, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka (D) endorsed the slate.

As of 2024, Newark Public Schools was the largest district in New Jersey, with an estimated enrollment of more than 41,000 students.


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Candidates and results

Regular election

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 16, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Helena Vinhas (Nonpartisan)
 
22.1
 
2,874
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Image of Vereliz Santana
Vereliz Santana (Nonpartisan)
 
22.1
 
2,870
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Image of Dawn Haynes
Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan)
 
20.9
 
2,719
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Debra Salters (Nonpartisan)
 
11.1
 
1,448
Image of Sheila Montague
Sheila Montague (Nonpartisan)
 
8.4
 
1,091
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Latoya Jackson (Nonpartisan)
 
6.3
 
819
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Muta El-Amin (Nonpartisan)
 
3.2
 
421
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Che' J.T. Colter (Nonpartisan)
 
3.0
 
394
Image of Jimmie White
Jimmie White (Nonpartisan)
 
2.8
 
366

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Total votes: 13,002
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Special election

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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
✔
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Kanileah Anderson (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
3,332

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Total votes: 3,332
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About the district

See also: Newark Public Schools, New Jersey

Newark Public Schools is located in Essex County, New Jersey. The district served 41,672 students during the 2022-2023 school year.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chalkbeat Newark, "New, returning candidates to face off in Newark’s school board race this year," March 7, 2024
  2. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed June 26, 2024
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