Alex Mendez Archives - New Jersey Globe

Updated: Mendez leads by 9 votes in Paterson

November 20, 2020 10:23 amNovember 20, 2020 7:43 pm

Update: Alex Mendez current leads Bill McKoy by 9 votes, 3,769 to 3,760. In Ward 2, Shahin Khalique leads Mohammed Akhtraruzzman by 98 votes, 2,757 to 2,659. Alex Mendez appears to have taken an exceedingly narrow lead over incumbent 3rd...

McKoy, Khalique have slim leads in Paterson

November 11, 2020 9:17 am

Two council incumbents have taken slim leads in local Paterson races being rerun because of a tie and alleged mail-in fraud that spurred criminal charge against a candidate and sitting councilman. In the city’s Third Ward Council race, incumbent Bill...

Paterson Council reruns too close to call

November 4, 2020 12:30 am

Council races in Paterson are too close to call. 3rd Ward Councilman William McKoy leads challenger Alex Mendez by 250 votes in a rerun of Paterson’s non-partisan municipal election spurred by voter fraud allegations against the challenger and Councilman Michael...

Murphy declines to endorse, condemn deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors in campaign headquarters

August 19, 2020 3:52 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:04 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he agreed with a deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors to be placed inside of certain campaign headquarters and track campaign workers to ensure a fair November election in Paterson. “I have...

Murphy administration wants election monitors inside campaign HQ, suggests ability to follow campaign workers

August 19, 2020 1:23 pmAugust 19, 2020 3:50 pm

The Murphy administration today proposed placing election monitors inside certain campaign headquarters’ and to track campaign workers as a way of ensuring a fair November general election. Deputy Attorney General George N. Cohen offered his proposal in Superior Court hearing...

After voter fraud allegations, judge orders new election in Paterson

August 19, 2020 10:39 amAugust 20, 2020 5:21 pm

Judge Ernest Caposela today ordered a new election in a Paterson city council election that led to criminal charges against the winner and others. Both candidates – challenger Alex Mendez, who finished the May 12 election 240 votes ahead and...

Trump campaign suing N.J. to block Murphy vote-by-mail order, report says

August 18, 2020 11:03 pmAugust 19, 2020 9:01 am

Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is suing Gov. Phil Murphy in a bid to overturn an executive order to requires nearly 6.2 million New Jersey voters to receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 3 general election. In an Op-Ed for...