Our Candidates

Juanita Hyman

Candidate, Egg Harbor Township Committee

Retired nurse practitioner and school nurse with over 40 years in healthcare, including 26 years as a certified school nurse. Current school board member who chaired the policy committee during the $36 million school improvement referendum. Priorities: limiting overdevelopment, protecting schools and roads, and holding the line on property taxes.

Tamika Gilbert-Floyd

Candidate, Egg Harbor Township Committee

Career educator with nearly 30 years in education, including more than two decades in school leadership. Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, current school board member, and the board’s first Black woman president. Priorities: responsible budgeting, long-term planning, better communication, and growth that is “balanced and sustainable.”

Anthony Calandrillo

Candidate, Egg Harbor Township Committee · Municipal Chair, EHT Democratic Club

Retired public school administrator with master’s degrees in social science and school administration. Has served as a principal, vice-principal, director of special services, director of curriculum and instruction, and special education and physical education teacher, and now works as a vice-principal at an alternative high school in Vineland. An Egg Harbor Township resident for 23 years, married to Liza for 22 years, with four children and five grandchildren.

Elected to the Rochelle Park Township Committee at age 24, one of the youngest elected officials in the town’s history. Served as Fire, Police and Recreation Commissioner, and initiated barrier-free access to public buildings and curb cuts for residents with mobility impairments. “Your voice matters and your voice will be heard.”

Michael Price

Candidate for re-election, Board of Education

Running to continue the district’s mission to “Embrace, Engage, Educate” while staying within budget and delivering the best value for taxpayers. Priorities: build a culture and climate that meets each student’s learning needs; prioritize literacy for all, social and emotional learning, and STEM education.

Terre Alabarda

Candidate, Board of Education

ML teacher in a nearby school district who also serves special education students, and a longtime volunteer: she runs a school mentoring program, helps with the Home and School Association and Project Graduation, and pitches in at her church’s missions. Egg Harbor Township High School class of 1993; all three of her children attended Egg Harbor Township schools and have graduated. Has completed coursework toward her principal’s certification in finance, community outreach and curriculum.

Priorities: no cuts to needed teachers and staff, no larger class sizes, full funding for schools, a strong phonics-based reading curriculum for every student, maintained buildings, and band, sports and clubs. She wants teachers, supervisors and bus drivers at the table when deciding what to cut.

Alphonso Harrell

Candidate, Board of Education

U.S. Marine Corps veteran (about 12 years) and kindergarten teacher in Atlantic City, with earlier school roles in Pleasantville. Holds master’s degrees in early childhood education and educational leadership. Champions high expectations, early literacy, and respect for every background.

Lisa Bender

Candidate, Atlantic County Clerk

A Jersey Girl at heart who became a full-time New Jersey resident in 2002, when she moved to serve Atlantic County as an AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. She went on to the Atlantic County Utilities Authority as County Recycling Coordinator, launching new recycling programs for schools and businesses, leading a marketing campaign to make recycling simpler, and running a water conservation grant that took her into the community to educate the public. She did similar work for the City of Ocean City.

Today she is a real estate sales associate, experience that will serve her as the keeper of property ownership records, and runs a consulting business in sustainability and marketing.

Sean Riggin

Candidate, Atlantic County Sheriff

Director of Public Safety for Atlantic City and former Pleasantville Police Chief (2015-2021). U.S. Army veteran with a master’s degree in Disaster Science. Lives in Mays Landing with his wife, Larissa. “Service over status, integrity over politics.”

Zack Mullock

Candidate, U.S. Congress · Mayor of Cape May

Cape May native in his second term as mayor, running on service over party. Former PGA professional and business owner with a degree from Mount Saint Mary’s University and an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University. Says he has never raised taxes as mayor. Lives in Cape May with his wife, Justine, and their three children.

Photo: City of Cape May