Despite five-year-old indictment, Mendez (I) joins Paterson mayoral race

The latest entrant into next year’s Paterson mayoral race is a city councilman who has been under indictment on voter fraud charges for the last five years.

Alex Mendez announced last night that he would join the race to take on two-term incumbent Andre Sayegh in the May 2026 non-partisan municipal election.

“I will be running for the mayor’s race in 2026. You will see me. You will see me on the ballot,” Mendez said at the close of Tuesday’s city council meeting. “And this race is going to be about the people.”

It had not been clear that Mendez was making a third mayoral bid.



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