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Vereliz Santana
Vereliz Santana is an at-large member of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She assumed office on January 28, 2021. Her current term ends in 2027.
Santana ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. She won in the general election on April 16, 2024.
Santana was appointed to the board in January 2021 to replace Tave Padilla.
Elections
2024
See also: Newark Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2024)
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Helena Vinhas (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 2,874 |
| ✔ |  | Vereliz Santana (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 2,870 |
| ✔ |  | Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 2,719 |
| Debra Salters (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 1,448 | ||
 | Sheila Montague (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 1,091 | |
| Latoya Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 819 | ||
| Muta El-Amin (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 421 | ||
 | Che' J.T. Colter (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 394 | |
 | Jimmie White (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 366 | |
| Total votes: 13,002 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Santana in this election.
2021
See also: Newark Public Schools, New Jersey, elections (2021)
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 20, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan) | 29.9 | 3,617 |
| ✔ | Asia Norton (Nonpartisan) | 28.2 | 3,411 | |
| ✔ | | Vereliz Santana (Nonpartisan) | 27.4 | 3,311 |
 | Yolanda Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 676 | |
| Nadirah Brown (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 577 | ||
| Phillip Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 500 | ||
| Total votes: 12,092 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vereliz Santana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Vereliz Santana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
