BAYONNE – Recently announced 31st District Assembly candidate Washington Flores had his Democratic pedigree challenged by representatives of two parties on Wednesday, April 1.
Flores had filed petitions on March 30 to run in the June 2 Democratic primary.
“Washington Flores has been a long-standing member of the Republican Party, serving as the sergeant of arms for the party organization in Bayonne, but recently switched parties without explanation,” said Hudson County Republican Chairman Jose Arango in a statement.
Flores told the Bayonne Community News that he had become a Democrat effective March 23.
But a Democratic source said that he doubted that was the case.
The 31st District includes all of Bayonne and part of Jersey City.
Flores sought Bayonne’s Third Ward City Council seat last year, but was unsuccessful.
He is running alongside Bruce Alston of Jersey City for one of two 31st District Assembly seats. –Joseph Passantino
Two parties question Flores’s Democratic affiliation
