Lakewood Township School District Board of Education Member
Lakewood Township School District, New Jersey
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election · 3 seats
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 69 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 139,019 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(9,343,809 ÷ 139,019) ÷ ln(50,000) = 69.45, measured against a statewide vote in NJ (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Harriet Goldberg, identified as Harriet Westbrook-Goldberg in the official Ocean County Clerk elected-members listing, is a current Lakewood school-board member with a 2027 term and appears on the 2026 official candidate list.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Samuel Melnik is listed by the official Ocean County Clerk as a current Lakewood school-board member with a 2026 term, and he appears on the 2026 official candidate list for a three-seat board election.
Sources: nj.gov2 · lakewoodpiners.org