In One New Jersey Town, Latinos Dominate Council, Bucking National Trend

By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino

Jimenez. Acosta. Penabad. Suarez.

They are the four Hispanics who are mayor and council members of a New Jersey town where whites make up the single largest group, followed by Korean-Americans.

With Latinos making up no more than 21 percent of Ridgefield’s 11,200 residents, but accounting for more than half of the council’s seven elected officials, this town is bucking a historical national trend of Latino underrepresentation at all levels of government.

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