HISPANIC DEMOCRATS OF WESTCHESTER ANNOUNCE LIST OF CANDIDATES THEY’RE BACKING FOR OFFICE IN 2023

recent decades, Councilwoman Yadira Ramos-Herbert (District 3) who is attempting to make history as the first female elected Mayor of the city of New Rochelle, Port Chester Mayor Luis Marino, running for re-election in March 2023, County Legislator José Alvarado (District 17 Yonkers) running for re-election, Manuel Casanova who is challenging County Legislator Damon Maher in District 10 (Eastchester, Tuckahoe, New Rochelle) and City Councilman Ramon Fernandez, who will be running for Mayor in the city of Peekskill.

With Hispanics making up a fourth of the population in Westchester yet have only one of the seventeen seats at the County Board of Legislators, the Hispanic Democrats of Westchester released a statement that they will be running “an unprecedented number” of democratic candidates for office in Westchester, including running democratic primaries against incumbents.

Hispanic Dems say the time is now we’re ready to fight for their seat at the table

The Hispanic Democrats of Westchester announced their list of candidates for office in 2023, Sunday, January 8th at Salsa Picante Restaurant located at 359 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains during their Three Kings Day celebration.

Candidates include New Rochelle Councilwoman Martha Lopez (District 1) who is running for re-election, Greenburgh Town Council candidate Jonathan Campozano, White Plains Common Councilwoman Jennifer Bid – who is running for re-election, Karine Patiño – Mount Kisco’s the first Latina Village Trustee, who is running for re-election in a municipality that has become increasingly diverse in