Incumbents triumph in Paterson municipal elections
By Paterson Times Staff
Published: May 14, 2024
Incumbents Michael Jackson, Shahin Khalique, Alex Mendez, Ruby Cotton, Luis Velez, and Al Abdelaziz won re-election in the Paterson municipal elections on Tuesday, according to unofficial ballot counts.
Votes from 68 of 68 districts were counted by late Tuesday night. Tallies include partial mail-in vote count.
Both the 2nd and 3rd Ward races are likely to be impacted by the counting of mail-in ballots.
1st Ward
- Michael Jackson: 773
- Mohammed Mohan Hossain: 174
- Fannia Santana: 712
- Ramona Blizzard: 27
- Rodney Addison: 82
- Mosleh Uddin: 237
2nd Ward
- Shahin Khalique: 1895
- Frank G. Filippelli: 466
- Aheya Khan: 1513
3rd Ward
- Alex Mendez: 1144
- Assad Akhter: 367
- William McKoy: 860
4th Ward
- Ruby Cotton: 447
- Kimmeshia Rogers-Jones: 167
- Justin Rucker: 210
5th Ward
- Sebastian Mejia: 132
- Jeyss Abreu: 135
- David Soo: 56
- Luis Velez: 681
6th Ward
- Alaa “Al” Abdelaziz: 1254
- Abed Thabatah: 233.