https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/team-sires-sweeps-west-new-york/17 years after he left to take a seat in Congress, Albio Sires will be mayor of West New York once again.
Sires, who served in the U.S. House from 2006 until last year, has won a seat on the West New York Town Commission by a large margin; with all four of his running mates also winning seats, he’s set to succeed incumbent Gabe Rodriguez as the town’s next mayor.
As of 10:25 p.m. and with all election districts reporting, Sires’ slate had a collective 61% of the vote, while a rival slate led by Town Commissioner Cosmo Cirillo had 39%. (Each individual commissioner candidate on Sires’ slate got around 12% of the vote to Team Cirillo’s 8% in the ten-way race.)
Joining Sires on the 53,000-strong Hudson County town’s governing body will be one incumbent commissioner, Victor Barrera, alongside Board of Education President Adam Parkinson, Marielka Diaz, and Marcos Arroyo, who was the Republican nominee to succeed Sires in his safely Democratic congressional district last year.
On Town Commissioner Cosmo Cirillo’s unsuccessful slate were incumbent Commissioner Margarita Guzman, Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, Walter Lopez, and Hiram Gonzalez. A fifth commissioner, Yoleisy Yanez, did not seek re-election.
