DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Junior Peralta / El Día

Running for the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Alfredo Rafael (Junior) Peralta Ventura Peralta, the incumbent mayor of Nagua, the most important city in the northeastern province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez, accomplished the feat of being reelected for a second time. He will now begin his third term as mayor of the city that has a population of 117,565. Peralta won with a high 60% of the vote.

Peralta was the youngest mayor ever elected in Nagua when he first won in 2016 when he was 38 years old.

El Dia reports that Peralta has received the support of the province’s senators from multiple parties. These have included Héctor Capellán of the Reformist Party, (90-94), Jesús Vásquez of the PRD, (94-2010), Aristides Victoria Yeb of the PLD (2010-2020) and current senator Alexis Victoria Yeb of the PRM.

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