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# Livingston Township Council Candidates

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# 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
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# 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
