Fang Gong has won the race for a seat on the Livingston Public Schools Board of Education. Two other Livingston residents running on the ballot, Rosy Bagolie, for General Assembly, and Pat Sebold, for Essex County Commissioner, also each won their respective races. Results and vote counts are as ofpress time Wednesday morning; they are preliminary and do not include all vote-by-mail ballots.
Gong won the Board of Education seat over challenger Harsh Raju, by a preliminary count of 2,840 to 1,615, according to the Essex County clerk’s tally on Wednesday morning. She will take the seat of current Board president Vineeta Khanna, who did not seek re-election. Gong will be joined on the Board by current members Jenissa Amette, Pam Chirls, Seth Cohen, and Parul Khemka.
In the New Jersey General Assembly, District 27, Democrats Rosy Bagolie and Alixon Collazos-Gill defeated Republicans Irene DeVita and Michael Mecca Jr. for the two open seats.
In the New Jersey State Senate, District 27, Democrat John McKeon defeated Republican Michael Byrne.
For the Essex County Board of Commissioners, the four incumbent Democrats - Pat Sebold, Brendan Gill, Romaine Graham, and Wayne Richardson - defeated Republican challengers Alexandra Campisi, Joseph Cifelli, Michael Pocelinko, and Aristotle Popolizio for the four open seats. Additionally, incumbent Democrat Leonard Luciano defeated Republican challenger Adam Kraemer for the District 4 County Commissioner seat.
Incumbent Democratic candidate for Essex County surrogate, Alturrick Kenney, defeated Republican challenger Peter Russo to retain the position.
