# Livingston Township Council Candidates

# Sam Messer(Independent)
* Serverd BOE for 6 years
* Improving coordination between town and BOE
* conserns 1) water quality 2) over development 
# Rus Milov(R)
* Small business owner
* Improving commercial distruct
* conserns 1) over development
# Michael Livi(R)
* Lead software sales
* only person who lists the issues that township needs to address
* conserns 1) over development
# Sejal Lakhani-Bhatt(R)
* Famale business owner with great leadership skill
* Helped raise $80k for local businesses during COVID
* conserns 1) over development

# Ed Meinheidt(D)
* Working knowledge of town, served 8 years
* President of local synaguage
* conserns 1) help local business suffered due to COVID 
# Rosy Bagolie(D)
* 20+ years superindentdent
* Good soft skills
* concerns 1) information transparency. better communication
# Shawn Klein(D)
* Great humanbeing with deep empathy
* Cares deeply about diversity
* conserns 1) help resident and local bussiness 
  prepare economic headwinds and recession

## 2018 Town council election results
| Candidate | % | Votes |
|:---------------------- | ------ | ------ |
| Dem - Rudy FERNANDEZ | 24.12% | 8,111 |
| Dem - Shawn R. KLEIN | 24.44% | 8,219 |
| Dem - Edward MEINHARDT | 24.19% | 8,135 |
| Rep - Brandon MINDE | 15.25% | 5,127 |
| Rep - Debbie BURACK | 11.87% | 3,992 |
| Write-In | 0.12% | 42 |
| Votes Cast | | 33,626 |

## 2022 Town council election results
| Candidate | Votes |
|:------------------------- |:----- |
| Dem - Rosy Bagolie | 5,098 |
| Dem - Shawn R. KLEIN | 5,603 |
| Dem - Edward MEINHARDT | 5,781 |
| Rep - Sejal Lakhani-Bhatt | 3,065 |
| Rep - Ruyslan Milov | 2,816 |
| Rep - Michael Livi | 2,922 |
| Ind - Samantha Messer | 2,737 |
## 2022 BOE results
| Candidate | Votes |
|:------------------ |:----- |
| Seth Cohen | 5,560 |
| Parul Aneja Khemka | 3,797 |
| Marjorie Wang | 3,061 |
| Adriana Bordoni | 2,149 |

## resources
https://www.essexclerk.com/election