A resident of Irvington, Burgess had served on the board of education of the Irvington Public Schools from 2002 to 2014, serving board vice president from 2005 to 2007 and as board president from 2007 to 2009. She served on the Irvington township council from 2014 to 2022 and was the council president from 2019 to 2022.[1]
New Jersey Senate
In September 2022, after the retirement of Ronald Rice, Burgess was appointed to the Senate by a special convention of Essex County Democrats.[2] Burgess is the first State Senator from Irvington.[3]
^Johnson, Brent. "Meet the new lawmaker who will replace Ron Rice in N.J. Senate", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 10, 2022. Accessed September 29, 2022. "A state Senate seat representing parts of Newark and held for the last 35 years by the recently retired Ron Rice, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in New Jersey history, will now belong to a veteran local official from neighboring Irvington. Renee Burgess, president of Irvington’s township council, was chosen by Democratic committee members in Essex County on Friday night in a special convention to replace Rice, a longtime Newark leader and fellow Democrat who left office amid health issues last week."
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