Essex Dems have 11-way fight for four at-large county commissioner seats at Saturday convention

With five Essex County Commissioners not seeking re-election, and a sixth facing a competitive race to keep his seat — the Democratic county convention on Saturday will undoubtedly feature a fresh set of newcomers to share the ticket with six-term County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr.

Eleven candidates are seeking party support – which in the no-line era means an endorsement and bracketing of candidates running with the same organization slogan – for four Commissioner-At-Large seats, including four-term incumbent Wayne Richardson. The other three incumbents — Patricia Sebold (D-Livingston), Brendan Gill (D-Montclair), and Romaine Sermons (D-Irvington) – are not seeking re-election.

In addition to Richardson, Bloomfield Democratic Municipal Vice Chair Corey Anderson, former Maplewood Township Committeewoman Deb Engel, Irvington Councilwoman Charnette Fredric, Livingston Mayor Shawn Klein, former Newark Public Schools Advisory Board member Marques Aquil Lewis, Verona Councilwoman Christine McGrath, former Millburn Mayor Annette Romano, former Montclair Mayor Robert Russo, West Orange Democratic Municipal Chairman Abdur R. Yasin, and former Livingston school board president Vineeta Khanna are on the ballot for the four at-large seats.

In District 3, which includes East Orange, Orange, South Orange, and part of Newark, Medinah E. Muhammad, an East Orange school board member, and Orange Democratic Municipal Chair Antoinett Hall are facing off.




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