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Yousef Saleh
2020 - Present
2025
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Yousef Saleh is a member of the Jersey City Council in New Jersey, representing Ward D. He assumed office on May 1, 2020. His current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Saleh (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 32. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
Saleh was appointed to the Jersey City City Council with a 6-2 vote by the council on April 30, 2020. Saleh's appointment replaced the late Michael Yun for a term that ended after the special election for the Ward D seat on November 3, 2020.[1][2]
Biography
Saleh's professional experience includes working as a senior compliance and regulation officer at J.P. Morgan Chase and as a business analyst for AML, KYC, and Compliance.[1] His volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of the Riverview Farmers Market and the Heights Community Board, the latter of which he volunteered on with his predecessor Councilman Yun. Saleh became the first Muslim on the Jersey City City Council when he was appointed to Yun's former seat.[3] Saleh earned both his B.A. in political science and Middle Eastern studies and his J.D. from Rutgers University. He graduated from McNair Academic High School.[4]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
Ravinder Bhalla, Katie Brennan, Stephen Bishop, and Kaushal Patel are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Ravinder Bhalla (D) | |
 | Katie Brennan (D)  | |
| Stephen Bishop (R) | ||
| Kaushal Patel (R) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Brennan | 19.6 | 7,545 |
| ✔ | | Ravinder Bhalla | 18.8 | 7,243 |
 | Jessica Ramirez | 18.2 | 7,010 | |
 | Jennie Pu | 14.7 | 5,653 | |
 | Yousef Saleh | 14.6 | 5,612 | |
 | Crystal Fonseca | 14.1 | 5,410 | |
| Total votes: 38,473 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Allen (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
Stephen Bishop and Kaushal Patel advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephen Bishop | 58.5 | 1,882 | |
| ✔ | Kaushal Patel | 41.5 | 1,334 | |
| Total votes: 3,216 | |||
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2021
See also: City elections in Jersey City, New Jersey (2021)
General election
General election for Jersey City Council Ward D
Incumbent Yousef Saleh defeated Danielle Freire and John Salierno in the general election for Jersey City Council Ward D on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yousef Saleh (Nonpartisan) | 54.7 | 2,385 |
| Danielle Freire (Nonpartisan) | 38.1 | 1,662 | ||
| John Salierno (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 293 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 4,359 | |||
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2020
See also: City elections in Jersey City, New Jersey (2020)
General election
Special general election for Jersey City Council Ward D
Incumbent Yousef Saleh defeated Patrick Ambrossi, Cynthia Hadjiyannis, Rafael Torres, and Lenny Lambert in the special general election for Jersey City Council Ward D on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yousef Saleh (Nonpartisan) | 55.2 | 6,399 |
| Patrick Ambrossi (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 1,999 | ||
| Cynthia Hadjiyannis (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 1,437 | ||
| Rafael Torres (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 1,352 | ||
| Lenny Lambert (Nonpartisan) | 3.3 | 388 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 11,589 | |||
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2018
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 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marilyn Roman (Nonpartisan) | 21.9 | 26,161 |
| ✔ |  | Mussab Ali (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 22,667 |
| ✔ | Joan Terrell-Paige (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 20,573 | |
 | Vidya Gangadin (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 13,379 | |
| Dominique Smith (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 13,100 | ||
| Neil Abadie (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 10,875 | ||
 | Natalia Ioffe (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 6,801 | |
 | Asmaa Abdalla (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 5,698 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 241 | ||
| Total votes: 119,495 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Hanussak (Nonpartisan)
- Yousef Saleh (Nonpartisan)
2017
In the first election following the return of local control to the district, four of the nine seats on the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three seats were up for regular three-year terms and one seat was up for a one-year unexpired term after former board member John Reichart resigned from the board.
Board members Amy DeGise and Lorenzo Richardson won additional three-year terms on the board and were joined in their victory by Matthew Schapiro. They defeated incumbent Gerald Lyons and challenger Yousef Saleh. Mussab Ali took the one-year term, defeating David Miranda.[5]
Results
| Jersey City Public Schools, At-large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amy DeGise Incumbent |
31.65% | 19,125 |
| Matthew Schapiro |
18.89% | 11,419 |
| Lorenzo Richardson Incumbent |
18.49% | 11,173 |
| Yousef Saleh | 15.61% | 9,433 |
| Gerald Lyons Incumbent | 15.25% | 9,216 |
| Write-in votes | 0.12% | 70 |
| Total Votes | 60,436 | |
| Source: Hudson County Clerk's Office, "General Election 2017," accessed March 22, 2018 | ||
Funding
Saleh did not report campaign contributions or expenditures in this election as of October 23, 2017, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.[6]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate New Jersey General Assembly District 32 |
Officeholder Jersey City Council Ward D |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NJ.com, "Jersey City Council appoints Yousef Saleh as Ward D councilman," April 30, 2020
- ↑ NJ.com, "Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun, 65, achieved the American Dream," April 6, 2020
- ↑ Hudson Reporter, "Yousef J. Saleh appointed to Jersey City Council," May 1, 2020
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Yousef Saleh," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Hilda Rosario, Hudson County Supervisor of Elections," August 7, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Filings," accessed October 23, 2017
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael Yun |
Jersey City Council Ward D 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
