New Jersey
Lora wins third term as Passaic mayor in landslide – New Jersey Globe
Hector Lora was re-elected mayor of the city of Passaic in tonight’s non-partisan municipal election, scoring a third term in a landslide against perennial candidate Diomedes Minaya.
Lora defeated Minya with 89% of the vote, 3,494-405.
Minaya has run for various local positions twelve times without success.
City Councilmen Jose Garcia and Dr. Terrence Love, both longtime incumbents, ran unopposed; so did Daniel Meyer, who will get the seat being vacated by retiring incumbent Daniel Schwartz.
Lora was elected to the city council in 2011 and won two races for Passaic County freeholder.
He became mayor after Alex Blanco’s resigned in 2016 after admitting to taking more than $100,000 in bribes from housing developers seeking federal funding.
Mayor Sammy Rivera admitted taking bribes in exchange for insurance contracts in 2007, and Mayor Joseph Lipari left office in 1993 after his conviction on conspiracy and tax charges. The only one of Lora’s immediate predecessors who had no hint of scandal was Marge Semler, who served from 1993 to 2001.