Javier Perea (Screen shot from KFOX-TV’s website)
Sunland Park Mayor-elect Javier Perea was quoted in a recent news article as saying he claimed no party affiliation and was an “independent.”
Here’s the exact wording of the relevant paragraph in an article NMPolitics.net published earlier today that was authored by Frontera NorteSur’s Kent Paterson:
“The son of a woman with a work history in the Sunland Park Police Department, Perea told FNS he claimed no political party affiliation and was an ‘independent.’”
But a check of the county voter rolls reveals that Perea is a Democrat – and has been since he registered to vote in January 2008.