Dominican activist leads Paterson mayoral race with 54.5%: Poll
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New York.- Prominent Dominican-New Jersey activist and mayoral candidate María Teresa Feliciano leads the most recent polls with 54.5%, ahead of Paterson’s municipal elections in May.
Pollster Precision Polling’s first survey by phone gave Feliciano 49.5%, to former mayor and closest rival Joseph (Joey) Torres’ 37.4%.
Among the other candidates in the survey figure Dominican and current Paterson councilman Rijo Rodriguez (17.0%), Andre Sayegh, Danna Ivy (15.1%) and Ramón Valenzuela, also Dominican less than 3%.