Three more Essex County Commissioners will retire, bringing total to five so far

Two more Essex County Commissioners will not seek re-election this year, setting up at least four open seats on the nine-member board in the upcoming primary and general elections.

Romaine Sermons (D-Irvington), an at-large commissioner, and Tyshammie Cooper (D-East Orange), who represents District 3, have told party leaders that they will not compete in next month’s Essex County Democratic convention and will not seek renomination in the June primary.

Two longtime incumbents, Patricia Sebold (D-Livingston) and Brendan Gill (D-Montclair), announced recently that they will retire at the end of their current terms. Both are at-large commissioners.

That leaves three of the four at-large seats open, with Wayne Richardson (D-Newark) as the lone at-large county commissioner seeking re-election.



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