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Municipal elections in Essex County, New Jersey (2024)
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| 2024 Essex County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 25, 2024 & June 4, 2024 |
| Primary election: June 4, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Register of deeds and mortgages and sheriff |
| Total seats up: 2 |
| Election type: Partisan |
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Essex County, New Jersey, held general elections for register of deeds and mortgages and sheriff on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 4, 2024. The filing deadline for the primary was March 25, 2024, and the filing deadline for the general election was June 4, 2024.
Elections
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Candidates and results
County register
General election
General election for Essex County Register
Incumbent Juan Rivera Jr. defeated Jeffrey Polewka in the general election for Essex County Register on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Juan Rivera Jr. (D) | 73.6 | 212,568 | |
| Jeffrey Polewka (R) | 26.4 | 76,072 | ||
| Total votes: 288,640 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Essex County Register
Incumbent Juan Rivera Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Juan Rivera Jr. | 100.0 | 45,915 | |
| Total votes: 45,915 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Essex County Register
Jeffrey Polewka defeated Scott Pollack in the Republican primary for Essex County Register on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeffrey Polewka | 73.0 | 5,887 | |
| Scott Pollack | 27.0 | 2,177 | ||
| Total votes: 8,064 | |||
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Sheriff
General election
General election for Essex County Sheriff
Amir Jones defeated Nicholas Pansini in the general election for Essex County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amir Jones (D) | 72.7 | 212,052 | |
| Nicholas Pansini (R) | 27.3 | 79,812 | ||
| Total votes: 291,864 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Essex County Sheriff
Amir Jones defeated Gary Nash in the Democratic primary for Essex County Sheriff on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amir Jones | 83.2 | 40,919 | |
| Gary Nash | 16.8 | 8,271 | ||
| Total votes: 49,190 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Essex County Sheriff
Nicholas Pansini defeated Robert Bianco in the Republican primary for Essex County Sheriff on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicholas Pansini | 74.1 | 6,063 | |
| Robert Bianco | 25.9 | 2,114 | ||
| Total votes: 8,177 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
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- New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2024
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- New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
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About the county
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Essex County, New Jersey | ||
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| Essex County | New Jersey | |
| Population | 863,728 | 9,288,994 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 126 | 7,354 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 41.1% | 65.5% |
| Black/African American | 39.3% | 13.4% |
| Asian | 5.5% | 9.7% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| Other (single race) | 8.4% | 6.4% |
| Multiple | 5.4% | 4.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 23.3% | 20.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 86.7% | 90.3% |
| College graduation rate | 36.3% | 40.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $63,959 | $85,245 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.3% | 9.7% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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