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Alex Valdez
Democratic · New Jersey · 2026Alex Valdez is a nonprofit leader, nurse in training, and former sergeant in the New Jersey Army National Guard, per his campaign site. He has held leadership roles at the Boys & Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic and done humanitarian work with the International Rescue Committee, including asylum-seeker assistance and refugee resettlement.
Priorities
- Build more affordable housing, protect tenants and small landlords, and enforce Hudson County's existing rent control laws, per the campaign site
- Increase county funding for public transit, expand inter-county bus and train service, and expand the Vision Zero street-safety initiative, per the campaign site
- Address the cost of climate change to county residents and businesses, per the campaign site
On the ballot
Hudson County Commissioner, District 9 · New Jersey · 2026
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