Democrat Sires Wins Re-Election In NJ's 8th District

Democratic incumbent Albio Sires won re-election against Republican John Muniz, Libertarian Dan Delaney and Mahmoud Mahmoud in the general election for the House of Representatives District 8 in New Jersey.

Mahmoud is running on the New Way Forward ticket.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. The district includes parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties.

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In 2016, Albio Sires won 77 percent of the vote against Republican Agha Khan, who had 18.5 percent. Libertarian Dan Delaney had 2 percent.

MAJOR ELECTIONS

The races that were on all ballots in New Jersey were those for senator and 12 members of the House of Representatives.

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The nonstop pouring rain did not keep voters home in what could be a record turnout midterm election. Even with the various issues facing local communities, President Trump was on their minds.

In Secaucus, some shouted out, "Dump Trump!" while others walked in right beside them and excitedly said they think Trump is doing an excellent job.

"We are total Republicans and Trump has done everything right. We're voting for Hugin," said New Jersey resident Lorraine Luzzo, 82, with her husband, Louis.

"The economy is doing well, there are jobs, patriotism is back in our country," she said.
Others had clearly different views

"President Dump, as I call him, is hands-down the worst president we've had in a long time," said New Jersey resident Steve Laspina, 64. "He is ... an embarrassment to our country. I'm embarrassed by his racist policies and what he says."

"I agree!," said a woman walking by. "He is immoral, he's terrible."

Others said they weren't bothered by issues facing the man at the top of the Democratic ticket – Sen. Robert Menendez – who has been dogged by corruption charges for years

"That did bother me, but not as much as I hate Trump," chimed in another Democratic voter, who only wanted to be identified as Nick, 72. "And that doesn't bother me as much as Hugin being a big pharmaceutical executive and making millions off sick cancer patients. And Hugin raised thousands of dollars for Trump in New Jersey. He's a big Trump supporter."

"The corruption charges bother me, but Menendez is the lesser of two evils," said Dominick Rose, 36 who said he's begrudgingly voting for Menendez today. "I didn't like either Hugin or Menendez but you have to pick one."

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