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05-13-2009, 03:00 PM
Last night, Dr. Alex D. Blanco won an election as Mayor of Passaic, New Jersey to a full four-year term. With this victory he becomes the first Dominican-American in US history ever to win a full-term mayoral election. Last November, the doctor won a special election for mayor to fill an unexpired term after former Passaic mayor Samuel "Sammy" Rivera resigned due to corruption. Dr. Blanco, who immigrated to Passaic from the Dominican Republic at the age of 12, was still required to run for a full four-year term in May after winning this special election.
According to preliminary results from the city clerk's office last night, he received 53% of the vote over challenger Vincent Capuana with 46% of the vote. Dr. Blanco ran with the endorsements of very high-ranking officials including US Senator Robert Menendez. Passaic, NJ is located approximately 14 miles west of New York City.
According to the 2000 US Census, it has a population of nearly 68,000 people, of whom 68.5% are Latinos. A significant portion of the Latino population in Passaic is Dominican.
New Jersey holds "non-partisan" elections in May instead of November for cities like Passaic, Paterson, Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken and Perth Amboy that do not traditionally hold party-line (Democratic vs. Republican) elections at the local level.
For more information, see:
www.northjersey.com/politics/Blanco_reelected_mayor_of_Passaic.html (http://www.northjersey.com/politics/Blanco_reelected_mayor_of_Passaic.html)
www.politickernj.com/max/29677/blanco-prevails-passaic (http://www.politickernj.com/max/29677/blanco-prevails-passaic)
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/new-jersey/30colnj.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/new-jersey/30colnj.html)
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According to preliminary results from the city clerk's office last night, he received 53% of the vote over challenger Vincent Capuana with 46% of the vote. Dr. Blanco ran with the endorsements of very high-ranking officials including US Senator Robert Menendez. Passaic, NJ is located approximately 14 miles west of New York City.
According to the 2000 US Census, it has a population of nearly 68,000 people, of whom 68.5% are Latinos. A significant portion of the Latino population in Passaic is Dominican.
New Jersey holds "non-partisan" elections in May instead of November for cities like Passaic, Paterson, Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken and Perth Amboy that do not traditionally hold party-line (Democratic vs. Republican) elections at the local level.
For more information, see:
www.northjersey.com/politics/Blanco_reelected_mayor_of_Passaic.html (http://www.northjersey.com/politics/Blanco_reelected_mayor_of_Passaic.html)
www.politickernj.com/max/29677/blanco-prevails-passaic (http://www.politickernj.com/max/29677/blanco-prevails-passaic)
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/new-jersey/30colnj.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/new-jersey/30colnj.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)