Tafari Anderson
Tafari Anderson was an at-large member of the Clifton Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. He assumed office in 2012. He left office in 2018.
Anderson (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 34. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Biography
Anderson earned an associate degree in business administration and management from Passaic County Community College. He has worked as a network engineer at St. Mary's Hospital since 2000.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Giblin and incumbent Britnee Timberlake defeated Irene DeVita, Tafari Anderson, and Clenard Childress Jr. in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Giblin (D) | 39.3 | 36,717 | |
| ✔ | Britnee Timberlake (D) | 38.9 | 36,392 | |
| Irene DeVita (R) | 10.8 | 10,107 | ||
| Tafari Anderson (R) | 10.5 | 9,830 | ||
| Clenard Childress Jr. (Stop The Insanity! Party) | 0.4 | 401 | ||
| Total votes: 93,447 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Giblin and incumbent Britnee Timberlake advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Giblin | 50.2 | 11,122 | |
| ✔ | Britnee Timberlake | 49.8 | 11,023 | |
| Total votes: 22,145 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 (2 seats)
Irene DeVita and Tafari Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 34 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Irene DeVita | 50.7 | 1,556 | |
| ✔ | Tafari Anderson | 49.3 | 1,511 | |
| Total votes: 3,067 | ||||
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2017
General election
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[2] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[3] Incumbent Sheila Oliver (D) and incumbent Thomas Giblin (D) defeated Nicholas Surgent (R) and Tafari Anderson (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Sheila Oliver Incumbent |
43.01% | 34,340 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Giblin Incumbent |
41.02% | 32,751 | |
| Republican | Nicholas Surgent | 8.31% | 6,637 | |
| Republican | Tafari Anderson | 7.65% | 6,110 | |
| Total Votes | 79,838 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Sheila Oliver and incumbent Thomas Giblin were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sheila Oliver Incumbent |
51.64% | 15,754 |
| Thomas Giblin Incumbent |
48.36% | 14,753 |
| Total Votes | 30,507 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Nicholas Surgent and Ghalib Mahmoud were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nicholas Surgent |
53.25% | 1,147 |
| Ghalib Mahmoud |
46.75% | 1,007 |
| Total Votes | 2,154 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
2015
- See also: Clifton Public Schools elections (2015)
Four of the nine seats on the Clifton Public Schools Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. The seats of at-large incumbents Tafari Anderson, James Daley and John Houston were up for regularly scheduled elections. Anderson, Daley and Lawrence Grasso defeated Jaime Placek and Latasha Casterlow-Lalla for these seats.
The fourth seat on the ballot was up for special election to fill a one-year unexpired term created by Wayne Demikoff's removal from the board in February 2015. Houston ran for election to the unexpired term rather than a full three-year term. Michael Evans defeated Houston and Bharat Rana for the one-year term.[9]
Results
| Clifton Board of Education, At-large (3-year term), General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Lawrence Grasso |
26.6% | 3,742 |
| James Daley Incumbent |
25.4% | 3,567 |
| Tafari Anderson Incumbent |
18.8% | 2,635 |
| Jaime Placek | 15.7% | 2,211 |
| Latasha Casterlow-Lalla | 13.5% | 1,898 |
| Write-in votes | 0.3% | 42 |
| Total Votes | 14,095 | |
| Source: Passaic County, "Statement of Vote," accessed November 12, 2015 | ||
Funding
Anderson reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 27, 2015.[10]
Endorsements
Anderson did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Houston |
35.2% | 7,762 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Daley Incumbent |
32.7% | 7,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tafari Anderson |
32.1% | 7,075 | |
| Total Votes | 22,057 | |||
| Source: Passaic County, New Jersey, "Passaic County Official Results - 2012 General Election," accessed October 27, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tafari Anderson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Candidate website
Anderson's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
My Vision for a Stronger School System!
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” |
| —Tafari Anderson, (2015), [12] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Tafari Anderson," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ Passaic County, "List of Local School Board Candidates for the General Election – November 3, 2015," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-elect T.K. Anderson, "My Agenda," accessed October 16, 2015
