A member of the Democratic Party, Blanco was the first elected and second serving Dominican-American mayor in the United States.
[2] In 1984, when Alex was 12 years old, he emigrated from La Vega Province to Passaic, New Jersey, with his mother, stepfather, and two siblings.
[2] In November 2016, Blanco pled guilty to a single federal count of bribery, agreeing to resign immediately.
[8] He was succeeded by Passaic County Freeholder Hector Lora, in an appointment made by the City Council.
Blanco is the second consecutive elected mayor of Passaic, and the third in two decades (following Joseph Lipari and Sammy Rivera), to be convicted of or plead guilty to official misconduct charges.