Tafari Anderson

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Tafari Anderson
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Prior offices
Clifton Public Schools Board of Education At-large

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 2, 2021

Education

Associate

Passaic County Community College

Contact

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

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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
Image of Thomas Giblin
Thomas Giblin (D)
 
39.3
 
36,717
Image of Britnee Timberlake
Britnee Timberlake (D)
 
38.9
 
36,392
Image of Irene DeVita
Irene DeVita (R)
 
10.8
 
10,107
Image of Tafari Anderson
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
Image of Thomas Giblin
Thomas Giblin
 
50.2
 
11,122
Image of Britnee Timberlake
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
Image of Irene DeVita
Irene DeVita
 
50.7
 
1,556
Image of Tafari Anderson
Tafari Anderson
 
49.3
 
1,511

Total votes: 3,067
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2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 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 Green check mark transparent.png Sheila Oliver Incumbent 43.01% 34,340
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Sheila Oliver Incumbent 51.64% 15,754
Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Nicholas Surgent 53.25% 1,147
Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Lawrence Grasso 26.6% 3,742
Green check mark transparent.png James Daley Incumbent 25.4% 3,567
Green check mark transparent.png 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

Clifton Public Schools,
At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Houston 35.2% 7,762
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJames Daley Incumbent 32.7% 7,220
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngTafari 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

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2015

Candidate website

Anderson's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:

My Vision for a Stronger School System!

  • ADVOCATE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION to encourage sustainable special needs programs on all grade levels and bridge the quality gap amongst schools in Clifton School District to incorporate best practices from other Top notch school in the Country
  • SCHOOL FINANCING AND BUDGET using common sense approach to make changes where necessary, while making it clear and concise that the classroom remains priority number one
  • INDEPENDENT AUDITOR that reports directly to the School Board to ensure an efficient and effective use of our tax dollars
  • QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL Students including upper-level Honors Courses, narrowing the achievement gap, discipline policy reforms, healthy school start times that support after-school activities & athletics to encourage the creative curiosity of students, better accessibility to special education services, and decreased class- size
  • AUTHENTIC PARTNERSHIPS with Teachers, Students, Parents and Taxpayers by getting the community involved in the decision making by their right to Vote
  • TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY data-driven decision-making that includes collaboration with teachers and community stakeholders
  • ATTRACT & RETAIN QUALITY TEACHERS by negotiating and renewing teacher contract, competitive salaries and compensation reduce administrative demands, ensure fair employment practices
  • LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR STUDENTS EXCELLENCE by inculcate IT & Computer Programming Curriculum early-on and implementing electronic books and to offset district expenses
  • ESTABLISH CLIFTON SCHOOL DISTRICT and Industry to facilitate summer internship programs for High School students

[11]

—Tafari Anderson, (2015), [12]

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