Yambeli Gomez
Yambeli Gomez was an at-large member of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Gomez assumed office in 2018. Gomez left office in 2021.
Gomez ran for election for an at-large seat of the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Gomez won in the general election on April 17, 2018.
Gomez and fellow candidates Dawn Haynes and Asia Norton ran in the 2018 election as a candidate slate called Moving Newark Schools Forward.[1] The slate was backed by Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka.
Biography
Gomez's professional experience includes working as a legislative aide for Newark Municipal Councilman Eddie Osborne and as a community and education organizer on various political campaigns. She has interned and worked for Partners of the Americas in Washington D.C. and United NY in New York City.
Gomez graduated from Plattsburgh State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. She also attended Suffolk University in Madrid.[2]
Elections
2018
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 17, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dawn Haynes (Nonpartisan) | 26.9 | 5,289 |
| ✔ | Asia Norton (Nonpartisan) | 21.4 | 4,199 | |
| ✔ | Yambeli Gomez (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 3,770 | |
 | Jameel Ibrahim (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 1,038 | |
 | Che' J.T. Colter (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 1,022 | |
 | Denise Cole (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 1,010 | |
| Omayra Molina (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 895 | ||
 | Yolanda Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 749 | |
| Marcus Allen (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 531 | ||
| Khalil Hannah (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 393 | ||
| Johnnie Lattner (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 380 | ||
| Robert House (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 207 | ||
 | Barbara Anne Todish (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 142 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 19,656 | |||
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