Noemi Velazquez

Noemi Velazquez

Nonpartisan

Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Noemi Velazquez is an at-large member of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She assumed office on January 2, 2020.

Velazquez ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2025)

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 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan)	17.2	19,127
✔		Lorenzo Richardson (Nonpartisan)	15.6	17,396
✔		Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan)	15.4	17,141
		Aimee Sharrock (Nonpartisan)	14.5	16,144
	Submit photo	Brendan Doohan (Nonpartisan)	14.4	16,068
	Submit photo	Christopher Tisdale (Nonpartisan)	14.3	15,953
	Submit photo	Sumit Salia (Nonpartisan)	7.8	8,686
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	893

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 111,408
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Velazquez in this election.

2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara McCann Stamato (D)	34.7	13,003
✔		William Sampson (D)	34.4	12,883
	Submit photo	Sydney Ferreira (R)	11.3	4,237
	Submit photo	Angelique Diaz (R)	11.1	4,153
	Submit photo	Mary Jane Desmond (Leadership Experience Values Party)	4.6	1,724
	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Leadership Experience Values Party)	3.9	1,443

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,443
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

Incumbent William Sampson and Barbara McCann Stamato defeated Shanelle Smith in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Sampson	42.6	8,090
✔		Barbara McCann Stamato	40.7	7,713
	Submit photo	Shanelle Smith	16.7	3,166

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,969
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

Sydney Ferreira and Angelique Diaz advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sydney Ferreira	50.1	1,009
✔	Submit photo	Angelique Diaz	49.9	1,005

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,014
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Velazquez in this election.

2022

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2022)

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 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan)	19.7	17,539
✔	Submit photo	Christopher Tisdale (Nonpartisan)	17.3	15,438
✔		Afaf Muhammad (Nonpartisan)	16.4	14,559
	Submit photo	Alexander Hamilton (Nonpartisan)	13.5	12,039
	Submit photo	Doris Ervin (Nonpartisan)	12.6	11,253
	Submit photo	Kenny Reyes (Nonpartisan)	12.1	10,757
	Submit photo	Isnel Sanon (Nonpartisan)	5.0	4,408
	Submit photo	Ashan Nawaz (Nonpartisan)	3.0	2,681
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	337

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,011
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2019

See also: Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2019)

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 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Lyons (Nonpartisan)	16.8	11,150
✔	Submit photo	Noemi Velazquez (Nonpartisan)	14.8	9,813
✔	Submit photo	Alexander Hamilton (Nonpartisan)	14.8	9,805
	Submit photo	Tara Stafford (Nonpartisan)	13.1	8,640
	Submit photo	Darwin Ona (Nonpartisan)	12.6	8,331
		Sudhan Thomas (Nonpartisan)	12.5	8,245
	Submit photo	Asheenia Johnson (Nonpartisan)	12.1	8,005
	Submit photo	Neisha Louhar (Nonpartisan)	3.2	2,088
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	120

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,197
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Reginald Jones (Nonpartisan)

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

Noemi Velazquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Noemi Velazquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Noemi Velazquez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

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