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Isaias J. Rivera

Isaias J. Rivera

Democratic · New Jersey · 2026

Running for Elizabeth City Council, Second Ward, New Jersey

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Support minority- and women-owned business certification and responsible development along South Broad Street, Bayway Avenue, and Elmora Avenue
  • Improve street lighting, traffic safety, and community policing, and push for full use of the Bayway Avenue firehouse to improve emergency response times
  • Increase civic participation through multilingual communication and hybrid community-watch meetings
Biography

Rivera has worked since 2013 in workforce development through the Union County Workforce System and small-business support, per his campaign site. He has served on the Elizabeth Planning Board since 2013, the Elizabeth Board of Education since 2023, and as Second Ward Democratic Committee member since 2017, per InsiderNJ.

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